Swallows and Amazons Forever! Swallows and Amazons Forever! Swallows and Amazons Forever! is a 1984 BBC children's television series based on two children's novels from the "Swallows and Amazons series" by Arthur Ransome, "Coot Club" (four episodes) and "The Big Six" (four episodes). The setting is the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s, partly near the village of Horning, with the children sailing and bird-watching, plus some detective work in "The Big Six". The main characters are visitors Dick and Dorothea (Dot) Callum and locals Tom Dudgeon, the twins Nell and Bess, three boatbuilders’ sons Joe, Bill and Pete, and adults Mrs Barrable, Dr Dudgeon
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