A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Three and a half millennia of
British Maritime history, from the Middle Bronze Age to the early
20th century ... This book is written with passion and sympathy. It
will live with me for a very long time' Francis Pryor, author of
The Fens If Britain's maritime history were embodied in a single
ship, she would have a prehistoric prow, a mast plucked from a
Victorian steamship, the hull of a modest fishing vessel, the
propeller of an ocean liner and an anchor made of stone. We might
call her Asunder, and, fantastical though she is, we could in fact
find her today, scattered in fragments across the country's creeks
and coastlines. In his moving and original new history, Tom
Nancollas goes in search of eleven relics that together tell the
story of Britain at sea. From the swallowtail prow of a Bronze Age
vessel to a stone ship moored at a Baroque quayside, each one
illuminates a distinct phase of our adventures upon the waves; each
brings us close to the people, places and vessels that made a
maritime nation. Weaving together stories of great naval architects
and unsung shipwrights, fishermen and merchants, shipwrecks and
superstition, pilgrimage, trade and war, The Ship Asunder
celebrates the richness of Britain's seafaring tradition in all its
glory and tragedy, triumph and disaster, and asks how we might best
memorialize it as it vanishes from our shores.
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