Seashaken Houses

Name: Seashaken Houses
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781846149382
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A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet

By Tom Nancollas

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In Seashaken Houses, Tom Nancollas explores the rich history of Britain's iconic rock lighthouses. He delves into their architectural feats and the human stories surrounding these beacons standing on the edge of the sea. Each lighthouse he visits reveals unique tales of survival, innovation, and the relentless battle against the forces of nature.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the engineering marvels and rich history of Britain's offshore lighthouses. It offers a compelling blend of architectural history and personal exploration, delving into the stories of these isolated, wave-battered structures and the people who built and maintained them amidst the relentless sea.

Seashaken Houses

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The enthralling history of Britain's historic rock lighthouses, exploring the enduring appeal of these magnificent, isolated sentinels, now in paperback.

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 twenty towers built between 1811 and 1904, 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 lyrical exploration of these singular towers, the people who risked their lives building and rebuilding them, those that inhabited their circular rooms, and the ways in which we value emblems of our history in a changing world.

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Seashaken Houses by Tom Nancollas has been praised for its thrilling celebration of monumental structures that have saved countless lives and weathered natural and political forces. Reviewers highlight the meticulous research and compelling narrative, noting the author's passion for the unique heritage of lighthouses. It's recommended as a fascinating read, offering both historical insights and a deeply personal account of these intriguing edifices.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781846149382

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 194g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Born in Gloucester in 1988, Tom Nancollas is a writer and building conservationist based in London. After university, he joined English Heritage to work on church repair grants before moving on to the City of London and its historic townscape. Of Cornish ancestry, Tom maintained a love of seascapes during his work in the capital and became fascinated with offshore rock lighthouses, which were the subject of his critically-acclaimed first book, Seashaken Houses, published in 2018.

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