Bokus
Philip Marsden - Levelling Sea, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Levelling Sea

The Story of a Cornish Haven and the Age of Sail

Av Philip Marsden

160 kr

Skickas tisdag 10/11. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning
The story of Britain’s colourful maritime past seen through the changing fortunes of the Cornish port of Falmouth.Within the space of few years, during the 1560s and 1570s, a maritime revolution took place in England that would contribute more than anything to the transformation of the country from a small rebel state on the fringes of Europe into a world power. Until then, it was said, there was only one Englishman capable of sailing across the Atlantic. Yet within ten years an English ship with an English crew was circumnavigating the world.At the same time in Cornwall, in the Fal estuary, just a single building – a lime kiln – existed where the port of Falmouth would emerge. Yet by the end of the eighteenth century, Falmouth would be one of the busiest harbours in the world.‘The Levelling Sea’ uses the story of Falmouth’s spectacular rise and fall to explore wider questions about the sea and its place in history and imagination. Drawing on his own deep connection with Cornwall, award-winning author Philip Marsden writes unforgettably about the power of the sea and its ability to produce greed on a piratical scale, dizzying corruption, and grand and tragic aspirations.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2012-03-01
  • Mått: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 240 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 320
  • Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780007174546
  • Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
Utforska kategorier
Mer om författaren

Philip Marsden is the author of ‘The Crossing Place: A Journey among the Armenians’ (which won the Somerset Maugham Award), ‘The Bronski House’, ‘The Spirit-Wrestlers: And Other Survivors of the Russian Century’ (winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book of the Year Award), ‘The Chains of Heaven’ and ‘The Barefoot Emperor’. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and his work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. He lives in Cornwall.

Recensioner i media

"This is a simply splendid book… Marsden’s writing is delightfully honed as well as being profoundly well-researched. The Levelling Sea is a microcosm of British history, contained within its covers like a ship in a bottle… Marsden takes a spyglass to the past and shows us it in vivid colour. Convincing in its detail and exciting in its sweep, this portrait of a port and its people sails deep into the reader’s imagination." Philip Hoare, Sunday Telegraph

Betyg & recensioner

0 recensioner

Inga recensioner tillgängliga.

Mer från samma författare