![]() Ransome married Evgenia and returned to England in 1924. These contacts led to persistent but unproven accusations that he "spied" for both the Bolsheviks and Britain. ![]() He knew many of the leading Bolsheviks, including Lenin, Radek, Trotsky and the latter's secretary, Evgenia Shvelpina. ![]() Petersburg, where he was ideally placed to observe and report on the Russian Revolution. He used this precarious existence to practice writing, producing several minor works before Bohemia in London (1907), a study of London's artistic scene and his first significant book.Īn interest in folklore, together with a desire to escape an unhappy first marriage, led Ransome to St. In 1902, Ransome abandoned a chemistry degree to become a publisher's office boy in London. Arthur Michell Ransome (Janu– June 3, 1967) was an English author and journalist. ![]()
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