Winter Holiday

Author: Arthur Ransome Series: Swallows And Amazons

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Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays." Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea -- 'the D's' -- plan a race to find the North Pole. Can the Swallows and Amazons save their friends?

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'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors- nothing ever happens in the winter holidays." Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea -- 'the D's' -- plan a race to find the North Pole. How will they reach it if they can't sail? By sledges of course! But when a blizzard blows up and there is a mix up about signals, the D's disappear into the Arctic night. Disaster looms. Can the Swallows and Amazons save their friends?

Critic Reviews

“"There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating." TLS "He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure." Observer From the Trade Paperback edition.”

There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating. "TLS"
He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. "Observer""
"There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating." -"TLS"
"He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure." -"Observer"

About the Author

Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in 1917, and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian.After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. And so began a writing career which has produced some of the real children's treasures of all time. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post.Ransome died in 1967. He and his wife Evgenia lie buried in the churchyard of St Paul's Church, Rusland, in the southern Lake District.