THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS: OR, NOT WELCOME AT ALL
Book ID/图书代码： 11320010B42978
English Summary/英文概要： 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 have endeared themselves to three generations of readers, books as credible today as when Ransome penned them on the shores of his beloved Lake District in the 1930s.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 可怕的姨妈要和南希还有佩吉在一起，做他们的朋友，二人成了殉道者，穿着礼服，颂着诗歌，当他们的朋友迪克和多罗西亚成为匹克特人时，村子里的神秘居民将永远不会再出现。（Claire）
Awards/获奖情况："Stands out in triumph" (Times Literary Supplement)
About the Author/作者介绍： Arthur Ransome was born in 1884. He was in Russia in 1917 and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children s literature of all time.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
亚瑟•蓝塞姆出生于1884年。1917年在俄国亲眼目目了十月革命，并就此专题在《曼彻斯特卫报》发表了报道。之后逃亡到斯堪的纳维亚，与他的俄罗斯妻子一起安居在英国湖区，也就是在此于1929年诞生了Swallows and Amazons系列。之后亚瑟就开始了他全新的写作生涯，创作出了很多优秀的儿童文学作品。
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