Swallows And Amazons

Swallows and Amazons is a children's adventure novel by English author Arthur Ransome first published on 21 July 1930 by Jonathan Cape. Set in the summer of 1929 in the Lake District, the book introduces the main characters of John, Susan, Titty and Roger Walker (Swallows); as well as their mother, Mary; and their baby sister, Bridget. We also meet Nancy and Peggy Blackett (Amazons); their uncle Jim, commonly referred to as Captain Flint; and their widowed mother, Molly Blackett. It is the first book in the Swallows and Amazons series, followed by Swallowdale.

Dane Hughes, Orla Hill, Teddie Allen, Bobby McCulloch, Seren Hawkes, Hannah Jayne Thorp, Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald, Andrew Scott, Harry Enfield, Jessica Hynes, Sophie Wardlow, John Henshaw, Fenella Woolgar, Elizabeth Berrington, Richard Bremmer, Neil Bell, Caf Smith, Jamie Darlington, Richard Varley, Ashley Davis, Jade-Olivia Gadd, Nicola Simonds, Dan Renton Skinner

• Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Family, Movies, VOD