Lighthouse extraordinary

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days For centuries the seas around Scotland were notorious for shipwrecks. Mariners' only aids were skill, luck, and single coal-fire light on the east coast, which was usually extinguished by rain. In 1786 the Northern Lighthouse Trust was established, with Robert Stevenson appointed as chief engineer a few years later. In this engrossing book, Bella Bathhurst reveals that the Stevensons not only supervised the construction of the lighthouses under often desperate conditions but also perfected a design of precisely chiseled interlocking granite blocks that would withstand the enormous waves that batter these stone pillars. The same Stevensons also developed the lamps and lenses of the lights themselves, which "sent a gleam across the wave" and prevented countless ships from being lost at sea. While it is the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson that brought fame to the family name, this memorizing account shows how his extraordinary ancestors changed the shape of the Scotland coast-against incredible odds and with remarkable technical ingenuity. Features Summary While it is the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson that has brought fame to his family name, the author gives this account of how his ancestors changed the shape of the eastern Scotland coast by designing and supervising the construction of lighthouses... Author Bella Bathurst (Author), Harpercollins Publishers Ltd (Author) Publisher HarperPerennial Release date 20001107 Pages 304 ISBN 0-06-093226-0 ISBN 13 978-0-06-093226-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Subject of this extraordinary novel is the daily life of an English family in the Hebrides. "Radiant as To the Lighthouse] is in its beauty, there could never be a mistake about it: here is a novel to the last degree severe and uncompromising. I think that beyond being about the very nature of reality, it is itself a vision of reality."-Eudora Welty, from her Introduction. Features Summary A landmark of modern fiction, Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse explores thesubjective reality of everyday life in the Hebrides for the Ramsay family. Author Virginia Woolf Publisher Harcourt Release date 19931005 Pages 209 ISBN 0-15-690739-9 ISBN 13 978-0-15-690739-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The Great Storm of 1987 is etched firmly into the national memory. Everyone who was there that night remembers how hurricane force winds struck southern Britain without warning, claiming eighteen lives, uprooting more than fifteen million trees and reshaping the landscape for future generations. Thirty years on, the discovery of an old photograph inspires the author to make a journey into that landscape: weaving her own memories and personal experiences with those of fishermen and lighthouse keepers, rough sleepers and refugees, she creates a unique portrait of this extraordinary event and a moving exploration of legacy and loss. Features Summary Published to mark the 30th anniversary of The Great Storm of October 1987, WINDBLOWN is in the best tradition of English writing about our relationship with the natural world. Author Tamsin Treverton Jones Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Release date 20170928 Pages 272 ISBN 1-4736-5698-2 ISBN 13 978-1-4736-5698-7