Seashaken Houses (Paperback)
Nancollas, Tom (Author)
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Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea. For many, they encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose was much more utilitarian than that. Today we still depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships. Nowhere is this truer than in the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland which form a ring of 19 towers built between 1811-1905, so-called because they were constructed on desolate rock formations in the middle of the sea, and made of granite to withstand the power of its waves. 'Seashaken Houses' is a ...
ISBN (SKU)
9781846149382
Pages
235
Weight
194g
Dimensions
197x130x15
Imprint
Penguin Books
Published
31, July, 2019
Genres
History
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