Blood red snow white / Marcus Sedgwick.
By: Sedgwick, Marcus [author.].
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TextPublisher: London : Orion, 2010Description: 304 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781842556375.Subject(s): Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967 -- Juvenile fiction | Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967 -- Fiction | Authors -- Juvenile fiction | JUVENILE FICTION -- Love & Romance | JUVENILE FICTION -- Historical -- Europe | JUVENILE FICTION -- Action & Adventure -- General | Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- FictionGenre/Form: Romance fiction. | Fairy tales.DDC classification: FIC SED Online resources: Cover image Summary: "A novel based on the life of children's book author Arthur Ransome, who left his home, his wife, and daughter and fell in love with Russia and a Russian woman and was suspected, by both sides, of being a spy"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: 1917. In a world engulfed by war, Arthur Ransome left his home, his wife, and daughter to travel to Russia. He fell in love with the country, and with Evgenia, a Russian woman. He is suspected by both sides of being a spy, and they seek to use him for their own purposes. As Arthur attempts to establish autonomy, the decisions he faces are the most dangerous and difficult of his life.
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Originally published in Great Britain in 2007.
Includes timeline, historical notes, and selected writings of Ransome.
"A novel based on the life of children's book author Arthur Ransome, who left his home, his wife, and daughter and fell in love with Russia and a Russian woman and was suspected, by both sides, of being a spy"-- Provided by publisher.
1917. In a world engulfed by war, Arthur Ransome left his home, his wife, and daughter to travel to Russia. He fell in love with the country, and with Evgenia, a Russian woman. He is suspected by both sides of being a spy, and they seek to use him for their own purposes. As Arthur attempts to establish autonomy, the decisions he faces are the most dangerous and difficult of his life.
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