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Arthur Ransome - The Picts & the Martyrs

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Jibbooms and bobstays! Those two Blackett sisters are back at it again, and Nancy is right there in the thick of it. Their mother (doubtless suffering from exhaustion) has gone off sailing in the North Sea with Captain Flint on a rest cure, but she has allowed her two daughters to stay a fortnight at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their trusty cook. She\'s also permitted their two old friends, Dick and Dorothea Callum, to come up for a visit. But when their redoubtable Great Aunt (aka G. A.) hears of their abandonment, she\'s horrified and off on the next train.

The Amazons are dismayed; not only will their solo holiday be ruined but now they\'ll have to hide their two guests in the woods in an abandoned shepherd\'s cottage (where they\'ll be forced to live off the land like savages, ergo \"The Picts\") while they\'ll be required to dress up in white pinafores, practice the pianoforte, and recite reams of parlor poetry aloud (ergo \"The Martyrs\"). Not much stretch here; no one dares trifle with the G.A.

As usual with Ransome, the fun is gentle, the action nonstop, and the instructions on everything from tickling trout to setting anchors are precise and informed. Even the formidable maiden aunt proves to have virtues, not the least of which is her ability to say she\'s sorry.

This is the eleventh title in a beloved series that has endeared itself to three generations of readers (and now listeners) - books as credible today as when Ransome penned them on the shores of his beloved Lake District in the 1930s.

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Title: The Picts and the Martyrs
Author: Arthur Ransome
Read By: Alison Larkin
Publisher: Audible 2009; Unabridged
Series: Swallows and Amazons
Position in Series: 11
Genre: Children\'s Adventure
Level: Children Ages 9-99

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Number of MP3s: 12
Total Duration: 10 hours 13 mins
Total MP3 Size: 281 MB
Ripped With: dbPowerAmp
Encoded With: dbPowerAmp
Encoded At: 22.5 Khz, 64 kbps, mono.

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