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Welcome to Arthur Ransome Wiki

The wiki dedicated to Arthur Ransome, his life, literary works and the Swallows and Amazons series of novels. This wiki, to which anyone can contribute, adopts an in-universe perspective when writing about Arthur Ransome's works of fiction. We aim to complement Wikipedia, with articles focussed on Arthur Ransome and his works rather than general (native) knowledge.

360 articles since July 2008

Featured article: Great Aunt Maria

Maria Turner, also known as Great Aunt Maria, Aunt Maria and The GA is the sister of Grandfather Turner, aunt of Jim Turner and Molly Blackett, and Nancy Blackett's and Peggy Blackett's great aunt. She lives at Harrogate.

Early life

It is known that Maria spent some of her youth near the Lake, since she knew Tommy Jolys when he was a child (see Tin Trumpet Incident)...More...


Previously featured: Secret Archipelago | Dick Callum | Rattletrap | Coniston Water | Christina Hardyment | The Arthur Ransome Society | High Topps | The Lake | Wild Cat Island | Birds | Goblin | Windermere | Kanchenjunga | The Houseboat | Colonel Jolys

This month in Ransome history: November

  • 10 November 1952: Arthur Ransome sells Lottie Blossom to Sir George Mallinson for £1,425 (she had cost £1,589) provided her name was changed.
  • 13 November 1999: Death of Brigit Sanders at Bideford, Devon. Brigit, born Brigit Altounyan in Aleppo, Syria on 12 June 1926 was a native prototype of Ship's Baby Bridget Walker and for many years she was President and 'Ship's Granny' of The Arthur Ransome Society.


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Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series

Swallows and Amazons | 'Their Own Story' | Swallowdale | Peter Duck | Winter Holiday | Coot Club | Pigeon Post | We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea | The Big Six | Secret Water | Missee Lee | The Picts and the Martyrs | 'Coots in the North' | Great Northern?

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