Arthur Ransome was, from 1930 to the early 1960s, what J.K. As the Red Army engaged with an Allied invasion of Russia, Ransome was conducting a love affair with Evgenia Shelepina, private secretary to Leon Trotsky, then Soviet Commissar for War.
A new adventure series about the pivotal moments of discovery through the ages brings the past to life with a generous helping of fantasy and humour. Billy Shaman stumbles across a 200-year-old giant talking tortoise named Charles Darwin. For 7+
An adventure series bringing the past to life. Waking up on a battlefield in Ancient China, it takes all Billy's skills and a spirit horse to get his new friend Han to safety and Billy back to his friend Charles Darwin, a 200-year-old talking tortoise. For 7+