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The Picts and the Martyrs (Red Fox older fiction) (Paperback)

by Arthur Ransome (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Red Fox; New edition edition (1 Jul 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099963906
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099963905
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.1 x 2.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 977,125 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Another adventure by the author of "Swallows and Amazons".

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4.0 out of 5 stars a great adventure, a must read and an all round good book ., 16 Sep 2001
This review is from: The Picts and the Martyrs (Paperback)
in this book dick and dot go to stay with the amazons while the amazons mother is away with captin flint (uncle jim) on a cruse getting better after being ill with influenza. and they get their first boat of their own: the SCARAB. but just as they get there the dreaded G.A. (great aunt) hears that the amazons mother is away and comes to stay!dick and dot are swept away to the dogs home, a hut in the woods. the amazon pirates must turn into martyrs and for the sake of their poor mother keep the G.A. happy.dick and dot must be picts hidden from the G.A. secretly sailing with the amazones while the G.A. is not there. they must survive storms, work with timothy on the houseboat, catch fish with their hands, skin gut and cook a rabit, burgle a house, make a secret harbour, make their own letter box,stop the docter, postman and timothy and still hide from the G.A. but will they get caught? then the G.A. goes missing what has happed? what will happen? what can they do? this is not the best of the arthur ransome books and does not include the swallows
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Desperate times for the Amazon pirates., 15 April 2001
This review is from: The Picts and the Martyrs (Hardcover)
One of the greatest of the series, this book unusually partners the Ds and the Amazons, with the Swallows not arriving until the day after the last page. As usual Nancy and Peggy are in dire straits, this time thanks to a surprise visit from the dreaded Great Aunt. With their guests, Dick and Dorothea just arrived, they are forced to take extreme measures to keep life on, what they consider, an even keel. Dragged into their web of deception are a myriad of "Natives" including the doctor, Squashy Hat, Cook and the postman. As usual, there is continual suspense and excitement and once again we are transported to a better world and left the better for it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Arguably the best in the series, 27 Feb 2008
By K. Howard (Leeds, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Picts and the Martyrs (Hardcover)
This is for me by far the best in the whole series. All twelve books would earn five stars in my view, but The Picts and the Martyrs, coming as it does just before our last adventure with Arthur Ransome's characters, is particularly enjoyable. By this stage we know the characters so well it is easier to just enjoy the story for its simplicity and comic moments. And there are plenty of these (even without Roger to provide them); the encounters with various "natives" who are unwillingly drawn into the childrens' secret, the aftermath of the burglary, and especially the final confrontation of the Great Aunt and her hunters. The story is set in the Lake District after so many books in other locations, and it really does seem like coming home at this stage, all the more realistic after the excitement of Missee Lee, and before the final adventure in the Scottish Highlands. The illustrations are exquisite, as always.

Having grown up with these books they are still perfect reading for adults. I would recommend all Arthur Ransome's wonderful series of Swallows and Amazons, but this one is definitely the book that I look forward to most while reading the others, and leaves me feeling in the best humour!
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