For a man who longed for a quiet existence, Arthur Ransome led a remarkably adventurous life. His bohemian years as a writer in Chelsea before the First World War closed with the agony of his prosecution for Libel by Lord Alfred Douglas. His two marriages - first to an unstable fantasist and later to a formidable Russian who had been Trotsky's secretary - were, to say the least, stormy.
As a journalist he had a ringside view of the Russian Revolution and travelled widely in the Middle East and China. It was not until he was 45 and settled in the Lake District that he embarked, in the Swallows and Amazons stories, on some of the best loved books ever written for children.
| ISBN: | 9780712652490 |
| Publication date: | 13th August 1992 |
| Author: | Hugh Brogan |
| Publisher: | Pimlico an imprint of Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 480 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: writers |
For a man who longed for a quiet existence, Arthur Ransome led a remarkably adventurous life. His bohemian years as a writer in Chelsea before the First World War closed with the agony of his prosecution for Libel by Lord Alfred Douglas.
The Life Of Arthur Ransome features in the following genres: Biography: writers
Paperback. £15.29, down from the £16.99 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
The Life Of Arthur Ransome was written by Hugh Brogan and published by Pimlico an imprint of Vintage
The Life Of Arthur Ransome has 480 pages
£15.29, reduced from £16.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.