The Secret Life of Books - Season 2 - Eps 6: Swallows and Amazons
Former journalist and keen amateur sailor John Sergeant takes to the water in the wake of the plucky young heroes of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons, and learns how a globe-trotting foreign correspondent and acquaintance of Lenin and Trotsky came to perfect a new, more authentic kind of children's literature that featured real children doing real things in real places.
About The Secret Life of Books
Title: The Secret Life of Books
First Air Date: 2014-09-02
Last Air Date: 2015-11-16
Status: Ended
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 12
Network: BBC Four
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Classic books are considered with a fresh eye. Returning to the authors' original manuscripts and letters, expert writers and performers bring their personal insights to these great works.
