The wreckers : a story of killing seas, false lights and plundered ships
Bathurst, Bella2005
Book
From the author of 'The Lightouse 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 : HarperCollins, 2005.
Collation:
xxiv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map, ports. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-319) and index.
ISBN:
9780007170326 (hbk)0007170327 (hbk)
Dewey class:
910.4'52
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
292477