Pigeon Post Pigeon Post Pigeon Post is an English children's adventure novel by Arthur Ransome, published by Jonathan Cape in 1936. It was the sixth of twelve books Ransome completed in the Swallows and Amazons series (1930 to 1947). He won the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising it as the year's best children's book by a British subject. This book is one of the few Swallows and Amazons books that does not feature sailing. All the action takes place on and under the fells surrounding the Lake, as the characters attempt to discover gold in the Lake District hills.
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