The wreckers : a story of killing seas, false lights and plundered ships
Bathurst, Bella2006
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From the author of 'The Lighthouse Stevensons' comes a history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the 18th century - and the often grisly ingenuity of British wreckers, scavengers of the sea.
Main title:
The wreckers : a story of killing seas, false lights and plundered ships / Bella Bathurst.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Harper Perennial, 2006.
Collation:
xxiv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-319) and index.
ISBN:
9780007170333 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
436046