Peter Duck

About “Peter Duck”

Peter Duck is the third book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. The story follows the Swallows and Amazons as they sail to Crab Island with Captain Flint and Peter Duck, an old sailor, to recover buried treasure. Along the way, their ship, the Wildcat, is chased by the Viper, a vessel with a piratical crew also after the treasure. The book, first published in 1932, is part of the Swallows and Amazons series and is considered one of the metafictional works in the series. Most of the book was written by Ransome while he was staying in Aleppo with the Altounyans.