Props used in the original film ‘Swallows & Amazons’ (1974)Īrthur Ransome died in 1967, aged 83, so was not around to see this feature film made. The 13th story in the series, an unfinished manuscript entitled ‘Coots in the North’, is set in Cumbria. ‘Missee Lee’ sees the Swallows and Amazons exploring the South China sea with Captain Flint, while Dick and Dororthea join them all on the Sea Bear to cruise the Otter Hebrides in ‘Great Northern?’. There are twelve books in the series, however only five are set in the Lake District. The first illustrated hardback was published by Jonathan Cape on 1st December 1930. It was wonderful to see the feature film heralded as ‘Film of the Day’ but Hilary Weston of The Arthur Ransome Society pointed out that there are a few errors in the write up.Īrthur Ransome wrote the novel ‘Swallows and Amazons’ in 1929.
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