![]() 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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