Swallows and Amazons Series

A twelve-book series by Arthur Ransome, beginning with Swallows and Amazons (1930) and closing with Great Northern? (1947). The Walker, Blackett and Callum children sail, camp and explore across the English Lake District, the Norfolk Broads, the Essex coast and the Outer Hebrides, blending real seamanship and natural history with imaginative games of piracy and treasure-hunting. A landmark of 20th-century British children's fiction.