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Seashaken Houses

A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet

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Seashaken Houses

Yazan: Tom Nancollas
Seslendiren: David Monteath
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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 is much more utilitarian than that. Still today we 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, a ring of 19 towers built between 1811-1905, 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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bowled over by this book. hooked from the first chapter, the performance is spot on, but the content, stories, history and the writing engaged me totally.

what a great surprise

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Nicely narrated factual story of the rock lighthouses around our coast and the brave souls who built and worked in them before most were automated.

A fascinating history

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Very informative, nicely written and an easy listen. A must if you’re interested in lighthouses and are keen to hear about other builders South and West who are not the Stevenson’s…

Very well written

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The author paints portraits of eight famous lighthouses of the British Isles and relates their stories of tragedy and endeavor.

Eight Portraits

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I really enjoyed this book, certainly one that can be listened to again quite quickly.

Thoroughly enjoyable

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