Peel Island, Cumbria with of woodland, in 1932. Peel Island is considered to be one of the origins of the fictional Wild Cat Island in the 1930 book "Swallows and Amazons" and its sequels, by Arthur Ransome. Taqui Altounyan, sister of Roger Altounyan and inspiration for one of the characters in "Swallows and Amazons", described Peel Island in her semi-biographical novel "In Aleppo Once" as "like a green tuffet, sitting in the water, the trees covering the rocks". The island also features in W. G. Collingwood's novel "Thorstein of the Mere, A Saga of the Northmen in Lakeland". Ransome, at the age of
Dahomey Amazons 7 discussed Dahomey Amazons and showed a photo. Referenced in Stieg Larsson's novel "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest" in the prelude to Part 4 "Rebooting System". The warriors are also mentioned in Patrick O'Brian's novel "The Commodore", book 17 of the Aubrey-Maturin series. The main character of Charles R. Saunders fantasy novel "Dossouye", an ahosi of Abomey, is closely modelled on the Dahomey ahosi. P. C. Wren's 1917 book of short stories "Stepsons of France" contains a story called ""Here are Ladies"", describing a series of clashes between troops of the Foreign Legion and the Dahomey Amazons. The