We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea

Arthur Ransome

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Arrow
07 December 2001

Children's & Educational; Adventure stories (Children's&YA)

Series: Swallows And Amazons

A timeless classic, beautifully rejacketed. One of twelve Arthur Ransome titles reissued this month

'Now Susan,' Mother said, 'And you too, John. No night sailing. No going outside the harbour. And back the day after tomorrow. Promise.'But promises can't always be kept. Within twenty-four hours John, Susan, Titty and Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous waters of the North Sea, adrift and in the main shipping lanes. Suddenly, it's real adventure and only their sailing skills can help them now.

By: Arthur Ransome
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 247g
ISBN: 9780099427223
ISBN 10: 0099427222
Series: Swallows And Amazons
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 07 December 2001
Recommended Age: From 9 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , 9-11 years , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea

The seventh of the Arthur Ransome books about the Swallows and the Amazons, and I really think it is the best * The Sunday Times * Arthur Ransome's adventure books are an institution, and Christmas is the richer because of his invention, gravity, and solid matter * Times Literary Supplement * The most exciting of the whole Swallows and Amazon series * New Statesman *