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Coast - Our Island Story
£14.99
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ISBN
9781849904346
Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications. And the people, who have lived, worked and played on this spectacular coast - from Stone Age fishermen to seafarers, chart-makers and surfers.
Coast is a definitive narrative of Nicholas Crane’s journey of discovery around the edges of Britain and Ireland and the culmination of five years presenting the BBC’s successful series. On a journey of exploration, Crane describes how we discovered and embraced our coastline - the key to our island identity.
From the shining cliffs that the dinosaurs would have seen to the modern estuaries teeming with wildlife, from Stone Age fishermen, via smugglers' caves, to modern day surfers and sandcastle builders – everyone who has lived, worked and played on Britain and Ireland’s coastline forms part of its evolving tale. A fusion of history, geography, adventure and biography, Coast explains why the edge of our little earth means so much to us.
From the shining cliffs that the dinosaurs would have seen to the modern estuaries teeming with wildlife, from Stone Age fishermen, via smugglers' caves, to modern day surfers and sandcastle builders – everyone who has lived, worked and played on Britain and Ireland’s coastline forms part of its evolving tale. A fusion of history, geography, adventure and biography, Coast explains why the edge of our little earth means so much to us.
Weight | 0.229000 |
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Author | Crane Nicholas |
Availability | IP |
Department | Travel Writing |
Format | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781849904346 |
Pages | 336 |
Published | 07/06/2012 |
Publisher | BBC Books |
Section | Travel Writing: General |
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