Great Northern?

Sep 30, 2024 6:26 AM

Author:Arthur Ransome

Great Northern?

Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two rare birds, never before seen in the British Isles. Captain Flint and his crew decide to consult an expert to confirm the discovery. But when the man they ask turns out to have his collector’s eye on the birds’ eggs, not to mention skins, an enjoyable voyage around the Outer Hebrides becomes a desperate race to save the birds, and themselves…

Reviews

[Ransome] makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. His characters are more eager, more resourceful than the majority: that surplus of vitality is their magic

—— Eric Linklater , Observer

Written in the most beautiful English, this is one of the books which I would be proud to give to anyone

—— BBC

Perhaps the best of all ... Just what does happen is told with all the wealth of practical detail and satisfying sense of reality which make Mr Ransome so unfailingly successful.

—— PUNCH

The most exciting of the whole Swallows and Amazons series.

—— NEW STATESMAN

The seventh of the Arthur Ransome books, and I really think it is the best.

—— SUNDAY TIMES

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