The Diary of Grace Darling - Couverture souple

Lee, Sarah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 150053028X ISBN 13 : 9781500530280

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

The true story of Grace Darling is a remarkable one. She lived in Longstone Lighthouse on Longstone Island which is one of the Farne Islands off the coast of North East England. On 7th September 1838 she spotted a shipwreck. She persuaded her father who was the lighthouse keeper to go with her to try and rescue the people clinging to the rock in dangerous stormy seas. She and her father set off in their small rowing boat, risking their lives, and managed to rescue nine people from the rock and took them back to the safety of the lighthouse, where they needed to remain for a further three days due to the stormy weather. Grace was viewed as a heroine; as such a young woman, only 22 years of age, had great courage and strength, and was awarded gold and silver medals for her bravery. She died sadly just a few years later, and many a story has been written about her life. This book offers a new perspective, in that it is written in the first person as a diary. The new history curriculum requires children to learn about significant historical events, people and places in their own locality.The author has researched her life at length, and has breathed life into the heroine giving her a heart and a soul. You will experience the disaster as how she experienced it and be taken on the terrifying voyage in the rowing boat with her and will gain a better understanding of the horror of the disaster and her steadfast bravery trusting God to deliver her and the survivors from harm. You will learn more about the aftermath of fame she had to endure and learn about the close relationship she developed with The Duke of Northumberland who later became her guardian. This work of fiction presented in a diary is based on the true story of Grace Darling.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 150053028X
• ISBN 13: 9781500530280
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 87
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible