Author: BATHURST, BELLA
Title: The wreckers : a story of killing seas, false lights, and plundered ships
Description: London : Harpercollinspublishers 2005. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 326 pages; Description: xxiv. 326 p. 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.). maps. ports ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-319) and index. Subjects: Shipwrecks --Pillage --Great Britain --Wreckers (Plunderers of ships) --History --History. Local. Summary: From all around Britain. Bathurst has uncovered the secret history of ships and shipwreck victims. from shoreline orgies so dionysian that few participants survived until morning to crofts fitted with silver candelabra. and from coastlines rigged like stage sets to the strange tale of Britain's Royal Fish. Spanning three hundred years of history. The Wreckers examines the myths. realities. and superstitions of shipwrecks. and uncovers the darker side of life on our island shores. by Bella Bathurst.ISBN: 0007170327. Weight in Kg appr.:

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