Shona Riddell

Guiding Lights

The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A compellingly written, fully illustrated account of lighthouse women throughout the ages, from those who lit ancient hilltop bonfires to the keepers of today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Exisle Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 720g
• ISBN-13: 9781925820621
• ISBN-10: 1925820629
• Artikelnr.: 58669272

Autorenporträt

Shona Riddell has a long-held fascination with lighthouses. A writer for 20 years (including her subantarctic history book Trial of Strength with Exisle), Shona lives with her husband and two daughters in Wellington, New Zealand. She enjoys cold, windy weather and stories about remote locations.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction -A world apart
1. Watch-fire’s light - The origin and evolution of lighthouses
2. Day and night - The role of a keeper
3. Modest yet so brave - Grace Darling and Ida Lewis
4. Keeping her lamp alight - The lives of female keepers
5. Ceaseless vigil - The impact of isolation
6. Whispers of the past - Ghosts, legends and mysteries
7. Lonely outposts - Lighthouse women in the twentieth century
8. The turning of the light - Today’s keepers and caretakers
Epilogue: To the lighthouse
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Image credits
Endnotes
Appendix: The lighthouses of Guiding Lights
Index