Seashaken Houses: A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet

'A thrilling celebration of lighthouses' i newspaperAn enthralling history of Britain's rock lighthouses and the people who built and inhabited themLighthouses are enduring monuments to our relationship with the sea. They encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves but their original purpose was much more noble conceived as navigational gifts for the safety of all. 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: twenty towers built between 1811 and 1904 so-called because they were constructed on desolate slippery rock formations in the middle of the sea rising mirage-like straight out of the waves with lights shining at the their summits.Seashaken Houses is a lyrical exploration of these magnificent isolated sentinels the ingenuity of those who conceived them 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.

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Penguin (August 29 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 184614938X

ISBN-13: 978-1846149382

Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 7 ounces