Gabriel Woolf the Joyful Company of Singers. Woolf has abridged and recorded all of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. He was also elected President of the Arthur Ransome Society. He is married to the opera singer Dame Felicity Lott and they have a daughter, Emily (b. 1984). He also has two children from his earlier marriage to Zara E Green. Gabriel Woolf Gabriel Woolf (born 2 October 1932) is an English film, radio and television actor. His roles include Sir Percival in the 1953 film, "Knights of the Round Table" and Sutekh in the 1975 "Doctor Who" serial
Elinor Lyon Lyon wrote over twenty books for children, which had some success on both sides of the Atlantic. She found they "came much more easily" than writing for adults and believes her inspiration came from "omnivorous reading". Lyon began "The House in Hiding", for example, after reading "Swallows and Amazons", because she disliked the characters within it (they were too good at everything). In response, the children in "The House in Hiding" get things wrong, but still manage to succeed eventually. The development was pinpointed in an obituary by Julia Eccleshare: "Lyon's adventures, with their strong girls and sensitive boys and