![]() ![]() In Ransome's 1930 novel, that greater enemy is a band of rogues overheard plotting at the pub to "do over" Captain Flint's fairly opulent houseboat. John prevails, then wisely makes peace in order to further outwit a greater enemy. War breaks out and John Walker, who has studied at the feet of his father, outwits the Amazons, who are under the influence of Captain Flint. ![]() Yet for all its evocation of childhood freedom, innocence and imaginative play, Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons is really all about war and conquest. The newcomers, the Walker family, aboard their vessel, Swallow, assume Wildcat Island is unoccupied and are somewhat shocked after making camp to have upset "the natives" – the Blacketts and their ship, Amazon. The start of a brand new adventure for John, Susan, Titty (renamed Tati in the latest film) and the boy, Roger. ![]()
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