The Big Six 5090100 220749788 2008-06-21T11:42:45Z Eubot 231599 Hatnote formatting, see [[User:Eubot/Hatnote formatting]] {{for|other usages of the term ''Big Six''|Big Six}} {{infobox Book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = The Big Six | title_orig = | translator = | image = [[Image:The Big Six cover.JPG|200px|photo of Jonathan Cape edition of Arthur Ransome's 1940 novel, The Big Six]] <!--prefer 1st edition--> | image_caption = | author = [[Arthur Ransome]] | cover_artist = [[Arthur Ransome]] | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = [[Swallows and Amazons (series)|Swallows and Amazons]] | genre = [[Children's literature|Children's novels]] | publisher = [[Jonathan Cape]] | release_date = 1940 | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]] & [[Paperback]]) | pages = 368 pp | isbn = ISBN 0-224-60639-5 | preceded_by = [[Secret Water]] | followed_by = [[Missee Lee]] }} '''''The Big Six''''' is the ninth book of [[Arthur Ransome]]'s [[Swallows and Amazons (series)|Swallows and Amazons]] series of children's books, published in 1940. The book returns Dick and Dorothea Callum to the [[Norfolk Broads]] where they renew their friendship with the members of the [[Coot Club]]. This book is more of a [[detective]] story as the D's and Coot Club try to unravel a mystery that threatens the ''Death and Glories'' freedom to sail the river. ==Plot summary== The D's return to [[Norfolk]], hoping to enjoy a holiday with their friends of the [[Coot Club]]. Unfortunately, they find the Death and Glories coming under an increasing cloud of suspicion for setting moored boats adrift. Everywhere they go boats seem to be cast adrift and they are threatened with being forbidden to sail. Things get worse when new [[shackle]]s are stolen from a boatbuilder after one of the casting off episodes and some of them are found aboard the ''Death and Glory''. At the same time, the boys seem to be flush with cash, but they won't say where they got it. The Big Six (Dick, Dorothea, Tom Dudgeon, and the three Death and Glories) get together to investigate the crimes and collect evidence. Eventually a carefully prepared trap is sprung and in a flash (literally, to take a night photo of the real culprits), the villains are discovered and the boys are exonerated. The source of their secret supply of money is uncovered when a local pub unveils a magnificent stuffed [[pike (fish)|pike]]. ==Film, TV or theatrical adaptations== [[BBC]] produced a film based on Big Six in 1984.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314746/ Swallows and Amazons Forever!: The Big Six (1984) (TV)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} {{SwallowsandAmazonsbooks}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Big Six, The}} [[Category:1940 novels]] [[Category:British novels]] [[Category:Adventure novels]] [[Category:Children's novels]] [[Category:Swallows and Amazons series]] {{child-novel-stub}} [[cs:Velká šestka]]