The Lighthouse Stevensons (Stranger Than)
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (926 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0033UT17W |
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| Number of Pages | : | 427 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Secondly, from various trips around Scotland. ‘The Lighthouse Stevensons’ is a story of high endeavour, beautifully told; indeed, is was one of the most celebrated works of historical biography in recent memory.‘My own interest in the Lighthouse Stevensons is threefold. It is impossible not to speculate what combination of courage and skill built the lighthouses around such an environment. Firstly, from the writings of Robert Louis Stevenson, who turned his family’s trade into the raw gold of all his best fiction. And thirdly, because somewhere in there, unrecognised and unsung, is the most wonderful story!’. The Lighthouse Stevensons, all four generations of them, built every lighthouse round Scotland, were responsible for a slew of inventions in
'Deeply accomplished this splendid book preserves the memory of great deeds performed in a heroic era' Frank McLynn, Sunday Times 'Bella Bathurst has built a lamp herself: it illuminates the work of a literary hero, a family business, a habit of mind and a Scottish period from the summit of this first terrific book she looks to become one of the best biographers of her generation' Andrew O'Hagan, The Times 'An enthralling story, vivaciously recounted These were epic and scarifying adventures, indicative of an age when the taming of nature was a philosophical given, its execution a religious passion' Alan Taylor, Observer 'A fine and scrupulous book Robert Louis Stevenson would have relished the tale told here' Ian Bell, Scotsman 'This is a grand book doing for lighthouses what Dava Sobel's Longitude did for marine chronometers, and doing it, if comparisons are to be made, with considerably more panache' Nicholas Bagnall, Sunday Telegraph
. Bella Bathurst is a freelance journalist whose portfolio includes work for the Observer, Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, Guardian, Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday
Also good to keep as a lighthouse reference book John A. Coldwell Interesting and well worth reading. Also good to keep as a lighthouse reference book, Lots of historical facts about lenses,lighthouse construction, etc.