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The Lighthouse Stevensons: The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses by the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson
The Lighthouse Stevensons The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses by the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: Bella Bathurst, Harpercollins Uk
For centuries the seas around Scotland were notorious for shipwrecks.  Mariners' only aids were skill, luck, and single coal-fire light on the east coast, which was usually extinguished  by rain.  In 1786 the Northern Lighthouse Trust was established, with Robert Stevenson appointed as chief engineer a few years later.  In this engrossing book, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780007639441
ISBN-10: 0007639449
Publication Date: 11/1/2000
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
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