Now, in Peter Duck we meet all these characters again, the Swallows and the Amazons and Uncle Jim. But if you want to visit a desert island in the Caribbean and dig up a real chest of pirate treasure, you should read Peter Duck. Well, if you want to know about those exploits, you should read Swallows and Amazons, which is a brilliant summer holiday book. If he wanted a quiet life, he doesn't get it, not with the Swallows and Amazons around! Partly, this friendship is sealed when the Swallows and Amazons join forces to launch a pirate attack on the Amazons' Uncle Jim who lives in a houseboat on the lake. John, Susan, Titty and Roger are also jolly good sailors and the Swallows and the Amazons become firm friends. Then, the four Walker children visit the Lake District for a holiday and are allowed to borrow a sailing boat, the Swallow. Nancy and Peggy are pretty good sailors and spend their summers adventuring on the lake and occupying the little island, which later becomes known as Wild Cat Island. Nancy's real name is Ruth, but you can't be a pirate if your name is Ruth because everyone knows that all pirates are ruthless. She is crewed by the Terror of the High Seas, Captain Nancy, and her sister, Peggy, first mate. First, there is just the Amazon which is kept in a boathouse on the edge of a beautiful lake. The Swallow and the Amazon are two sailing boats. Who are the Swallows and Amazons? I'll tell you.
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