Books about Arthur Ransome

Find out more about the man, the people and the places behind his books

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Title	Author	Description	Price	P&P
Arthur Ransome: A Bibliography no image available	Wayne G. Hammond	The essential tome for enthusiasts	£25.00	£3.30
Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint's Trunk	Christina Hardyment	NEW Revised edition of the classic account of a voyage in search of Arthur Ransome and the questions that have intrigued readers of the Swallows and Amazons series of books	£11.00	£2.00
Arthur Ransome's East Anglia	Roger Wardale	Second edition. Updated with some maps and many new pictures, this book identifies the East Anglian locations for the the stories Ransome set there.	£7.00	£1.40
Arthur Ransome's Family 1649-1975 no image available	Judy Andrews	78 pages of family trees and text giving all the information on Ransome's family and ancestors. With lots of never before seen illustrations. Spiral bound in A4 size.	£7.50	£1.80
Discovering Swallows and Ransomes	John Berry	An autobiographical eye-witness account of the last years of both the Ransomes and the Altounyans. Very entertaining and interesting read for those wanting the inside story on these important people.	£8.00	£2.00
In the Footsteps of Swallows and Amazons	Clare Kendall-Price	Details of nineteen illustrated walks in the Lake District to help you discover the real locations behind those in the Swallows and Amazons books	£7.95	£1.40
In Search of Swallows and Amazons	Roger Wardale	NEW Revised edition. Updated with many new pictures this book charts the author's personal quest to track down the Lakeland locations of Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of books.	£8.00	£1.80
Ransome in Estonia no image available	Ted Alexander	A short (5000 word) introduction in English for Estonian children	£3.00	£0.70
Ransome in Russia no image available	Ted Alexander and Tatiana Verizhnikova	An overview of Ransome's time in Eastern Europe. 200 pgs. 168 illustrations with 2 colour sections. Issues covered at some length include Ransome's relations with the Foreign Office; crossing of the civil war lines episode; how Evgenia viewed the Revolution and came to be working for Trotsky, and much else. The first book covering this period. An easy read with something for everyone.	£17.00	£2.60

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