The Wreck at Sharpnose Point

Seal, Jeremy

ISBN 10: 033037463X / ISBN 13: 9780330374637

Edité par London; Picador;, 2002

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First edition of author's third book, part novel, part non fiction about a shipwreck off the Cornish coast. Fine in fine dustjacket.

N° de réf. du vendeur 39622

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Wreck at Sharpnose Point
• Éditeur: London; Picador
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 033037463X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780330374637
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

This is a captivating mystery of the best kind - the sort that really happened.While walking through a cliff-top graveyard in the village of Morwenstow on the coast of Cornwall, Jeremy Seal stumbled across a wooden figurehead which once adorned the Caledonia, a ship wrecked on the coast below in 1842. Through further investigation, he began to suspect the locals, and in particular the parson, Robert Hawker, of luring the ship to her destruction on Cornwall's jagged shore. Wrecking is known to have been widespread along several stretches of England's coast. But is that what happened in Morwenstow?Seal weaves history, travelogue and vivid imaginative reconstruction into a marvellous piece of detective work.

À propos de l?auteur

Jeremy Seal is a writer and broadcaster. His first book, A Fez of the Heart, was shortlisted for the 1995 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. He is also the author of The Snakebite Survivors’ Club and The Wreck at Sharpnose Point and was the presenter of Channel 4’s Wreck Detectives. He lives in Bath with his wife and daughters.