Breaking Seas, Broken Ships: People, Shipwrecks and Britain, 1854-2007 Friel Ian
Breaking Seas, Broken Ships: People, Shipwrecks and Britain, 1854-2007 Friel Ian Following Britain and the Ocean Road, Ian Friel expertly navigates the history of Britain and the sea from the Middle…
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Breaking Seas, Broken Ships: People, Shipwrecks and Britain, 1854-2007 Friel Ian
Following Britain and the Ocean Road, Ian Friel expertly navigates the history of Britain and the sea from the Middle Ages to modern times. From the country's imperial zenith to the very different world of the early twenty-first century we encounter an extraordinary range of people, ships and events, including...The crew and passengers of a state-of-the-art Victorian steamship who vanished in the Atlantic;The sailors of a doomed collier brig in the dying days of sail - and the wives and children they left behind;A lowly ex-naval stoker who went into showbiz with his version of a disaster caused by an admiral;A First World War merchant ship captain who fought a running battle with German U-Boats;The courage and With Breaking Seas, Broken Ships, we follow the story of Britain's maritime history through some of its most dramatic shipwrecks.