This is a unique celebration of 100 of the most dramatic and
storied lighthouses along the coasts of Britain. Illustrated
with fantastic retro art by award-winning artist Roger O'Reilly,
this guide to the sentinels that guard Britain's shores is aimed at
walkers, art lovers, maritime and countryside enthusiasts,
and anyone who just loves lighthouses!. From the Lizard in Cornwall
to Muckle Flugga at the northern tip of the Shetlands, and out to
the forbidding rock stations that lie offshore in the path of
ferocious and unforgiving seas, Roger O'Reilly has selected the
very best of Britain's lighthouses with all their sea legends,
folklore and tales of ghosts, shipwrecks and endurance. Including:
Souter on the Sunderland coast, reputed to be haunted by Grace
Darling’s niece Isabella, who lived here in the late 1880s. Staff
have reported spoons floating in mid-air, unexplained temperature
drops, and even being clutched by unseen hands. Ardnamurchan in the
far west of Scotland, so remote that its builders came down with
scurvy, and fresh fruit and vegetables along with a doctor had to
be shipped out to help them. Trinity Buoy Wharf – who knew there
was a lighthouse in the heart of London? It's now home to
the Longplayer, a continuous 1,000-year long piece of music
that will run until 31st December 2999. Smalls, off the
Pembrokeshire coast, where in 1801 one keeper died and the other
went mad, waiting almost four months for rescue while his dead
colleague, fastened to the outside rail because the corpse had
started to decompose, stared through the window at him accusingly.
Lundy South, occupied by Barbary pirates during the 1600s, and in
the 18th century the base of Thomas Benson, one time MP for
Barnstaple and Devon’s most notorious smuggler.
General
| Imprint: |
Watkins Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2024 |
| Authors: |
Roger O'reilly
|
| Dimensions: |
246 x 189mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Edition: |
0th New edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78678-811-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-78678-811-X |
| Barcode: |
9781786788115 |
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