The Picts and the Martyrs they can be questioned, and Nancy manages to save the Great Aunt some embarrassment for which she gets praised in a letter to her mother. Ransome's wife Evgenia hated the book while it was being written, but his mother Edith persuaded him to publish it. Genia was often discouraging about his books while he was writing them. The Picts and the Martyrs The Picts and the Martyrs is the eleventh book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published in 1943. This is the last completed book set in the Lake District and features the
The City of Dreaming Books The City of Dreaming Books The City of Dreaming Books (original title: "Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher") is the fourth novel in the Zamonia series written and illustrated by German author Walter Moers, but the third to be translated into English by John Brownjohn. The German version was released in Autumn 2004, and the English version followed in Autumn 2007. It is followed by two sequels, "The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books" (2011) and "The Castle of Dreaming Books" (TBA). Protagonist Optimus Yarnspinner ("Hildegunst von Mythenmetz" in the German text) is a Lindworm (dinosaur) who inherits his authorial godfather's possessions, including