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Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (176 download)
Download or read book The Picts and the Martyrs: Or, Not Welcome at All written by Arthur Ransome and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Picts and The Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All written by Arthur Ransome and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Picts and The Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All" by Arthur Ransome. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 1567924808
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (679 download)
Download or read book The Picts & The Martyrs written by Arthur Ransome and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jibbooms and bobstays! Those two Blackett sisters are back at it again, and Nancy is right there in the thick of it. Their mother (doubtless suffering from exhaustion) has gone off sailing in the North Sea with Captain Flint on a rest cure, but she has allowed her two daughters to stay a fortnight at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their trusty cook. She's also permitted their two old friends, Dick and Dorothea Callum, to come up for a visit. But when their redoubtable Great Aunt (aka G. A.) hears of their abandonment, she's horrified and off on the next train. The Amazons are dismayed; not only will their solo holiday be ruined but now they'll have to hide their two guests in the woods in an abandoned shepherd's cottage (where they'll be forced to live off the land like savages, ergo "The Picts") while they'll be required to dress up in white pinafores, practice the pianoforte, and recite reams of parlor poetry aloud (ergo "The Martyrs"). Not much stretch here; no one dares trifle with the G.A. As usual with Ransome, the fun is gentle, the action nonstop, and the instructions on everything from tickling trout to setting anchors are precise and informed. Even the formidable maiden aunt proves to have virtues, not the least of which is her ability to say she's sorry. This is the eleventh title in a beloved series that have endeared themselves to three generations of readers, books as credible today as when Ransome penned them on the shores of his beloved Lake District in the 1930s.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Picts & the Martyrs: Not Welcome at All written by Arthur Ransome and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (271 download)
Download or read book Picts and the Martyrs written by Arthur Ransome and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman i 12 bd. om "The swallows", fire søskende, der er opkaldt efter deres båd. Sammen oplever disse børn en masse spændende ting
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099589370
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (995 download)
Download or read book The Picts and the Martyrs written by Arthur Ransome and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poor old Amazons become Martyrs and the Ds Picts living in the woods, in Arthur Ransome's 11th adventure. The Ds can't wait to go and stay with Nancy and Peggy in the Lake District during the summer holidays. But when the Amazons' dreadful Great Aunt invites herself to stay too, the summer is threatened with dullness. Staying indoors and reading poetry is not what the Amazons had in mind. To save the Ds from the same fate they organise for them to stay in the Dogs' Home, a tumble-down hut in the woods. As long as no one discovers they're there they can sail all summer long.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Picts and the Martyrs written by Arthur Ransome and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sally Bushell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108487459
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Reading and Mapping Fiction written by Sally Bushell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the power of the map in fiction and its centrality to meaning, from Treasure Island to Winnie-the-Pooh.
Author : Dr. Clifton Wilcox
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1503523578
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The Fall of the Kingdom of Northumbria written by Dr. Clifton Wilcox and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Dunnichen is significant since it marked the turning point in the history of the Picts and marked their independence from the Kingdom of Northumbria. Not only is this possibly the best documented event in the history of the Picts, but it also allowed them to overthrow the Northumbrian rule and the dark shadow it cast over all northern peoples. Without the leadership of King Bridei and his courageous followers, Scotland as we know it may not have existed. The battle also helped to define the Scottish/English border that remains today, a border that could have been pushed further north by the Northumbrians if they had not been stopped.
Author : Marcia Willett
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466846518
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Postcards from the Past written by Marcia Willett and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved novelist Marcia Willett continues to captivate readers with her inspiring novels about family, friendship, and love. In Postcards from the Past Siblings Billa and Ed share their beautiful, grand old childhood home in rural Cornwall. With family and friends nearby, and their living arrangements free and easy, they seem as contented as they can be. But when postcards start arriving from a sinister figure they thought belonged well and truly in their pasts, old memories are stirred. Why is he contacting them now? And what has he been hiding all these years?
Author : Julian Lovelock
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718844645
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Swallows, Amazons and Coots written by Julian Lovelock and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1929, Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), a journalist and war correspondent who was on the books of MI6, turned his hand to writing adventure stories for children. The result was Swallows and Amazons and eleven more wonderful books followed, spanning inpublication the turbulent years from 1930 to 1947. They changed the course of children's literature and have never been out of print since. In them, Ransome creates a world of escape so close to reality that it is utterly believable, a world in which things always turn out right in the end. Yet Swallows, Amazons and Coots shows that, to be properly appreciated today, the novels must be read as products of their era, inextricably bound up with Ransome's life and times as he bore witness to the end of Empire and the dark days of the Second World War. In the first critical book devoted wholly to the series, Julian Lovelock explores each novel in turn, offering an erudite assessment of Ransome's creative process and narrative technique, and highlighting his contradictory politics, his defence of rural England, and his reflections on colonialism and the place of women in society. Thus Lovelock demonstrates convincingly that, despite first appearances, the novels challenge as much as reinforce the pervading attitudes of their time.Written with a lightness of touch and enlivened by Ransome's own illustrations, Swallows, Amazons and Coots is both fresh and nostalgic. It will appeal to anyone who has enjoyed the world of Swallows and Amazons, and there is plenty here to challenge both the student and the Ransome enthusiast.
Author : T. Bose
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774844817
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book A Bookman's Catalogue Vol. 2 M-End written by T. Bose and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colbeck collection was formed over half a century ago by the Bournemouth bookseller Norman Colbeck. Focusing primarily on British essayists and poets of the nineteenth century from the Romantic Movement through the Edwardian era, the collection features nearly 500 authors and lists over 13,000 works. Entries are alphabetically arranged by author with copious notes on the condition and binding of each copy. Nine appendices provide listings of selected periodicals, series publications, anthologies, yearbooks, and topical works.
Author : Philip Pullman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525562958
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Daemon Voices written by Philip Pullman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, a spellbinding journey into the secrets of his art--the narratives that have shaped his vision, his experience of writing, and the keys to mastering the art of storytelling. One of the most highly acclaimed and best-selling authors of our time now gives us a book that charts the history of his own enchantment with story--from his own books to those of Blake, Milton, Dickens, and the Brothers Grimm, among others--and delves into the role of story in education, religion, and science. At once personal and wide-ranging, Daemon Voices is both a revelation of the writing mind and the methods of a great contemporary master, and a fascinating exploration of storytelling itself.
Author : John Cooper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429807538
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Children's Fiction 1900–1950 written by John Cooper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998, this volume explores how the genre of school stories had become firmly established by the turn of the twentieth century, having been built on the foundations laid by writers such as Thomas Hughes and F.W. Farrar. Stories for girls were also taking on a more exciting complexion, inspired by the ‘Katy’ books of Susan Coolidge. The first five decades of the twentieth century saw further developments in children’s fiction. In this comprehensive volume, John and Jonathan Cooper examine each decade in turn, with alphabetically arranged entries on popular children’s writers that published works in English during that period. 206 different authors are covered, many from the United States and Canada. Each entry provides information on the author’s pseudonyms, date of birth, nationality, titles of works, place and date of publication and the publisher’s name. The artist responsible for a book’s illustrations is also identified where possible. With over 200 illustrations of cover designs and dustwrappers, many of which are now rare and have never before been published, this book will delight collectors, dealers, scholars, librarians, parents and all those who simply enjoy reading children’s fiction.
Author : Elizabeth Poynter
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527523446
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)
Download or read book You Girls Stay Here written by Elizabeth Poynter and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will be of interest to students of both children’s literature and gender studies. It re-examines a period long considered to be of poor quality as regards children’s books. It explores a range of themes, such as female agency, power and courage, and additionally gives a linguistic analysis of selected texts. The book adopts a socio-cultural approach, placing the authors in their historical context. By focusing on a small number of authors in depth, it discovers subtleties perhaps ignored by a broad-brush approach. While reflecting their era in some respects, these writers also demonstrated individuality in their representation of gender, offering a wider range of models to their readers than previous critics have acknowledged.
Author : Hazel Sheeky Bird
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137407433
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950 written by Hazel Sheeky Bird and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book places children's literature at the forefront of early twentieth-century debates about national identity and class relations that were expressed through the pursuit of leisure. Focusing on stories about hiking, camping and sailing, this book offers a fresh insight into a popular period of modern British cultural and political history.
Author : Maria Sachiko Cecire
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131705203X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Space and Place in Children’s Literature, 1789 to the Present written by Maria Sachiko Cecire and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on questions of space and locale in children’s literature, this collection explores how metaphorical and physical space can create landscapes of power, knowledge, and identity in texts from the early nineteenth century to the present. The collection is comprised of four sections that take up the space between children and adults, the representation of 'real world' places, fantasy travel and locales, and the physical space of the children’s book-as-object. In their essays, the contributors analyze works from a range of sources and traditions by authors such as Sylvia Plath, Maria Edgeworth, Gloria Anzaldúa, Jenny Robson, C.S. Lewis, Elizabeth Knox, and Claude Ponti. While maintaining a focus on how location and spatiality aid in defining the child’s relationship to the world, the essays also address themes of borders, displacement, diaspora, exile, fantasy, gender, history, home-leaving and homecoming, hybridity, mapping, and metatextuality. With an epilogue by Philip Pullman in which he discusses his own relationship to image and locale, this collection is also a valuable resource for understanding the work of this celebrated author of children’s literature.
