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With romance, insight and dry wit, bella bathurst traces the history of wrecking, looting and salvaging in the british isles since the 18th century and leading up to the present day. The authors previous book, on the lighthousebuilding family of robert louis stevenson, was a sort of preparation. Her first book, the lighthouse stevensons, was a national bestseller, won a somerset maugham prize and was shortlisted for. The book, while thorough, lacks momentum, and bathurst s pedestrian prose doesnt often live up to the stories she tells, though there are some striking images hereof the wreckers who waited for the spoils of shipwreck, watching impassively as ships foundered, or of workmen trapped in a seabound barracks by a horrific storm. Bella bathursts first book, the acclaimed the lighthouse stevensons, told the story. Bella bathurst s latest book, the wreckers, deals with the murky, mythic practice of wrecking around the british coast. The wreckers and millions of other books are available for instant access. The beauty of this finely judged book book is that, for all her detailed research and assiduous journalism, bathurst never forgets that the whole attraction of. If the wreckers lacks some of the deep historical texture of bathursts earlier book, it is still a fluid, fluent read, a kind of shimmering net of possibility rather than a definitive documentary account which, when you consider the hazy nature of its subject, seems exactly right. Her first book, the lighthouse stevensons, was a national bestseller, won a somerset maugham prize and was shortlisted for the guardian first book award. A story of killing seas and plundered shipwrecks, from the 18thcentury to the present day. For a fully laden general cargo to run to ground in an accessible position is more or less like having selfridges crashland in your back garden, she writes.

Now she returns to the sea to search out the darker side of those lights, detailing the secret history of shipwrecks and the predatory scavengers who live off the spoils. These may not be questions that normally keep you awake at night, but by the end of bella bathursts book you will surprise yourself by how much. Wellcome collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Buy sound wellcome collection main by bella bathurst isbn. During the cornish leg of her investigation into the british national sport of wrecking luring ships on to rocks to plunder them. She has also written the wreckers, published in 2004, and the bicycle book, published in. A story of killing seas, false lights and plundered ships reprint by bella bathurst isbn. Bella bathurst is currently considered a single author. Her books include the lighthouse stevensons which won the 1999 somerset maugham award, the wreckers, which became a bbc timewatch documentary, and the bicycle book, which was shortlisted for the william hill sports book of the year 2011.

Rich in the lore of the sea, but steeped in the everyday experience of the people she meets. Selfridges on the nearest beach, without the price tags. The wreckers goodreads meet your next favorite book. Her books include the lighthouse stevensons which won the 1999 somerset maugham award, the wreckers, which became a bbc timewatch documentary, and the bicycle book, which was shortlisted for the will. With the bicycle book, bathurst adds her voice to the call that we are now at the dawn of a new golden age of this versatile machine. Her first novel, special, was published in 2002 and was longlisted for the orange prize.

With romance, insight and dry wit, bella bathurst traces the history of wrecking, looting and salvaging in the british isles since the 18thcentury and leading up to. The wreckers a story of killing seas and plundered shipwrecks, from the eighteenth century to the present day. Press release the wreckers by bella bathurst about the book about the author enchanting. The definition of wrecking varies from collecting flotsam and jetsam along the shoreline after a ship has gone down to putting out false lights to deliberately lure ships onto rocks, and is subject to many myths. Im the author of four books including the lighthouse stevensons which won the 1999 somerset maugham award, the wreckers, which became a bbc timewatch documentary, and the bicycle book, which was shortlisted for the william hill sports book. Publication date 2005 topics shipwrecks great britain history. A story of killing seas, false lights and plundered ships reprint by bathurst, bella isbn. Spanning three hundred years of history, the wreckers examines the myths, realities, and superstitions of shipwrecks and uncovers the darker side of life on britains shores. The extraordinary story of the building of the scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of robert louis stevenson, was shortlisted for the guardian first book award and won the somerset maugham prize. With romance, insight and dry wit, bella bathurst traces the history of wrecking, looting and salvaging in the british isles since the 18thcentury and leading up to the present day.

More than 30,000 shipwrecks line the coast of britain. Bella bathurst audio books, best sellers, author bio. She wasnt just missing punchlines, she was missing most of the conversation and all of the jokes. Bella bathurst explores the history of wreckers around the coasts of the british isles.

Her second work of nonfiction, the wreckers, was published in 2004. Her first nonfiction book, the lighthouse stevensons, was a national bestseller, won a somerset maugham prize and was shortlisted for the guardian first book award. Bella bathurst is a fiction and nonfiction writer, and photographer, born in london and living in scotland. From the bestselling author of the lighthouse stevensons, a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the 18thcentury and the oft. The wreckers by bella bathurst education the guardian. Bathurst, who won a somerset maugham award for the lighthouse stevensons, offers a spellbinding tale of seafaring men, their ships and the ocean that cares for neither. The wreckers by bella bathurst paperback harpercollins. From the bestselling author of the lightouse stevensons, a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the. Her first published book was the lighthouse stevensons 1999, an account of the construction of the scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of robert louis stevenson, and named bella bathurst is a fiction and nonfiction writer, and photographer, born in london and living in scotland. A story of killing seas and plundered shipwrecks, from the 18th century to the present day by bella bathurst at due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Bella bathursts first book, the acclaimed the lighthouse stevensons,told the story of scottish lighthouse construction by the ancestors of robert louis stevenson.

Coast dwellers have always reaped the harvest of the killing seas described in bella bathursts unusual book. Discover book depositorys huge selection of bella bathurst books online. Her first novel, special, was published in 2002 and was long listed for the orange prize. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Bella bathursts top 10 books on the sea fiction the. Her journalism has also appeared in a variety of major publications, including the washington post and the sunday times her first published book was the lighthouse stevensons 1999, an account of the construction of the scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of robert louis stevenson. Bella bathurst s first book, the acclaimed the lighthouse stevensons,told the story of scottish lighthouse construction by the ancestors of robert louis stevenson. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. As bella bathurst details in her book the wreckers, plundering those ships. A growing number, finds bella bathurst, as she enters a brave new world of drone tractors and designer sheep published. The beauty of this finely judged book book is that, for all her detailed research and assiduous journalism, bathurst never forgets that the whole attraction of wrecking is its mystery.

A story of killing seas, false lights and plundered. Author of the lighthouse stevensons, special, the wreckers, the lighthouse stevensons, the weekenders, leuchtfeuer, the bicycle book bella bathurst, the weekenders. A story of killing seas, false lights and plundered ships bella bathurst isbn. Bella bathurst primary author only author division. The authors previous book, on the lighthousebuilding family of robert louis stevenson, was a sort of.