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Lost to the Sea
A Journey Around the Edges of Britain and Ireland
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'An immersive and lyrically personal journey through deep-time and modern tides' – RAYNOR WINN 'Wondrous, elegant and haunting, Lost to the Sea is a fascinating alternative history of the fractured, flooded and eroded edges of Britain and Ireland' – PHILIP HOARE Medieval kingdoms. Notorious pirate towns....
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Mudlarker and photographer Lisa Woollett takes us on an exhilarating journey around Britain's forgotten coastline
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'An immersive and lyrically personal journey through deep-time and modern tides' – RAYNOR WINN
'Wondrous, elegant and haunting, Lost to the Sea is a fascinating alternative history of the fractured, flooded and eroded edges of Britain and Ireland' – PHILIP HOARE
Medieval kingdoms. Notorious pirate towns. Drowned churches. Crocodile-infested swamps.
On a series of coastal walks, Lisa Woollett takes us on an illuminating journey, bringing to life the places where mythology and reality meet at the very edges of Britain and Ireland.
From Bronze Age settlements on the Isles of Scilly and submerged prehistoric forests in Wales, to a Victorian amusement park on the Isle of Wight and castles in the air off County Clare, Lisa draws together archaeology, meetings with locals, and tales from folklore to reveal how the sea has forged, shaped, and often overwhelmed these landscapes and communities.
Lost to the Sea is an exhilarating voyage around the ever-shifting shores of the British Isles, and a haunting ode to our profound relationship with the sea.
'A hugely enjoyable mosaic of history, myth and imagination' – SARA WHEELER
'Beautifully written and researched . . . I was immediately tempted to head out in search of lost lands' – WYL MENMUIR
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529373660
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Illustration: Approx. 40 integrated B&W photographs, maps and illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 320
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About the Author
Lisa Woollett grew up on eroding cliffs on the Isle of Sheppey, with stories of local pubs and churches that had been lost to the sea. A photographer and beachcomber, she is the author of several award-winning books, most recently Rag and Bone which won the Royal Society of Literature Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction. Since 2004 she has lived with her family on the south coast of Cornwall, in a house shared with buckets and boxes of beach finds.
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