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
Swallows and Amazons series published works, however, are presented simply as continuing adventures in the series, though different in a number of ways. Most obvious is the inclusion of fear and violence (which is mostly absent from rest of the series) and the extended voyages would have taken the children from school for unacceptably long periods. Both books are described on their title pages as "based on information supplied by the Swallows and Amazons", a description which is absent from the rest of the books in the series. Two abandoned chapters of "Peter Duck" (called "Their Own Story") were found in Ransome's papers held