Arthur Ransome
Swallows and Amazons
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( Sept. 10, 2020)
Swallows and Amazons is the first book in the Swallows and Amazons series by English author Arthur Ransome; it was first published on 1 December 1930, with the action taking place in the summer of 1929 in the Lake District. The book introduces the main protagonists John, Susan, Titty and Roger Walker (Swallows), their mother Mary, their baby sister (Bridget - nicknamed Vicky), as well as Nancy and Peggy Blackett (Amazons), their uncle Jim (James Turner), commonly referred to as Captain Flint and their widowed mother Molly Blackett.