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Arthur Michell Ransome

An English author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children (Wikipedia).

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English author and journalist (1884–1967)

Born 18 January 1884
Died 3 June 1967

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Photo of Arthur Michell Ransome

English author and journalist (1884–1967)

Born 18 January 1884
Died 3 June 1967

Subjects

Children's fiction Fiction Juvenile fiction Fairy tales History Adventure and adventurers, fiction Amazons (Fictitious characters : Ransome) Sailing Swallows (Fictitious characters) Boats and boating Boats and boating, fiction Folklore, russia (federation) Adventure and adventurers England, fiction Folklore Adventure stories Children's stories Description and travel Politics and government Tales History and criticism Sailing, fiction Communism Criticism and interpretation Fiction, general

Places

Soviet Union Great Britain Russia England China Baltic Sea Lake district. London London (England) Northern Europe Accra Atlantic Ocean Barbary Bohemia Bremen Carcassonne English Channel Estonia Fells Gauja River Gauja River (Latvia and Estonia) Grande-Bretagne Gulf of Guinea Holland Ipswitch

People

Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Goldilocks Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) the Moors

Time

Revolution, 1917-1921 1912-1949 1917-1936 1935 20th century 1912-1928 1917- 1917-1945 1930s 1934 1936 1938 1940 1945 19th century Set in England between the wars in the days of King Alfred

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