Andrew Adam
I can't count how many times I've read this before (my father's battered old cloth-bound copy, once left out in the rain and missing its final page), and despite having no talent for sailing whatsoever, I've always loved it. It's telling that the modern film adaptation felt the need to liven it up with German spies, and make the kids so much less likeable - the book very slow, but with Titty (yes, I hear the sniggers) as its beating heart, it shows the power of imagination and adventure. Thoroughly wholesome, albeit through the lens of Empire.
I can't count how many times I've read this before (my father's battered old cloth-bound copy, once left out in the rain and missing its final page), and despite having no talent for sailing whatsoever, I've always loved it. It's telling that the modern film adaptation felt the need to liven it up with German spies, and make the kids so much less likeable - the book very slow, but with Titty (yes, I hear the sniggers) as its beating heart, it shows the power of imagination and adventure. Thoroughly wholesome, albeit through the lens of Empire.