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This unique collection celebrates 100 of Britain's most dramatic and storied lighthouses that stand guard along its coastlines. Featuring fantastic retro artwork by award-winning artist Roger O'Reilly, this guide to the sentinels safeguarding Britain's shores is a delight for walkers, art enthusiasts, maritime and countryside lovers, and anyone captivated by lighthouses! From the Lizard in Cornwall to Muckle Flugga at Shetland's northern tip, and out to the formidable offshore rock stations facing ferocious and unforgiving seas, Roger O'Reilly has handpicked Britain's finest lighthouses, along with their sea legends, folklore, ghost tales, shipwreck stories, and tales of endurance.
Included are: Souter on the Sunderland coast, rumoured to be haunted by Grace Darling's niece Isabella, who lived there in the late 1880s. Staff have reported floating spoons, unexplained temperature drops, and even unseen hands clutching them. Ardnamurchan in western Scotland, so remote that its builders contracted scurvy, necessitating fresh fruit, vegetables, and a doctor's aid. Trinity Buoy Wharf – who knew a lighthouse stood in the heart of London? It now houses the Longplayer, a continuous 1,000-year-long musical piece that will play until 31st December 2999. Smalls, off the Pembrokeshire coast, where in 1801, one keeper died, and the other went mad, awaiting rescue for almost four months while his dead colleague, fastened to the outside rail due to decomposition, stared accusingly through the window. Lundy South, occupied by Barbary pirates during the 1600s and, in the 18th century, the base of Thomas Benson, one-time MP for Barnstaple and Devon's most notorious smuggler.
Book ISBN: | 9781786788115 |
Book Author: | Roger O'Reilly |
Book Format: | Hardback |
Book Imprint: | Watkins Publishing |
Book Publisher: | Watkins Media Limited |
Book Dimensions: | 197 x 254 x 33 cm |
Book Publication Date: | 2024-09-04 |
Book Pagination: | 224 pages |
Book Weight: | 1224g |
Sherlock & Pages is a little bookshop with a big heart. We are based in Frome, Somerset, England and curate lists of books in the areas we are passionate about – landscape, nature, history, and heritage. In short, the conservation of all we’ve inherited and all we are responsible to pass on. We aim to inspire and be inspired, to form a literary culture of care and passion about this precious planet we call home.
This is a shop where you might find something you haven’t seen before, and we like to think we’ve got something for everyone. We choose each of our books with care and for a reason. This is because our physical store is small but beautifully formed, holding only around 1200 titles at any one time. We try and recreate the feel of the shop wherever we are online, to reflect our niche categories and personality.
We have an active social media presence and aim to share our story with all our friends. The long-term goal is to build a hub for the books and writers we believe in. Who knows where our adventure will lead but by supporting Sherlock & Pages you’re helping us to add a further layer of magic to our little corner of the world. If you haven’t visited our physical store, one day you might just make a literary pilgrimage down to Somerset.
Our tagline is ‘Long Live the Hedgerows’ and our symbol a hibernating dormouse. If you want to support an independent with a unique character and which will share stories with you for years to come, then choose Sherlock & Pages. The world needs bookshops with soul, for they are ‘citadels of light.’
Sherlock & Pages is a little bookshop with a big heart. We are based in Frome, Somerset, England and curate lists of books in the areas we are passionate about – landscape, nature, history, and heritage. In short, the conservation of all we’ve inherited and all we are responsible to pass on. We aim to inspire and be inspired, to form a literary culture of care and passion about this precious planet we call home.
This is a shop where you might find something you haven’t seen before, and we like to think we’ve got something for everyone. We choose each of our books with care and for a reason. This is because our physical store is small but beautifully formed, holding only around 1200 titles at any one time. We try and recreate the feel of the shop wherever we are online, to reflect our niche categories and personality.
We have an active social media presence and aim to share our story with all our friends. The long-term goal is to build a hub for the books and writers we believe in. Who knows where our adventure will lead but by supporting Sherlock & Pages you’re helping us to add a further layer of magic to our little corner of the world. If you haven’t visited our physical store, one day you might just make a literary pilgrimage down to Somerset.
Our tagline is ‘Long Live the Hedgerows’ and our symbol a hibernating dormouse. If you want to support an independent with a unique character and which will share stories with you for years to come, then choose Sherlock & Pages. The world needs bookshops with soul, for they are ‘citadels of light.’