{"product_id":"9781846149382","title":"Seashaken Houses : A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Nancollas, Tom\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThe arts\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 August 2019 by Penguin Books Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 17 | 210g\u003cp\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut their original purpose was much more noble, conceived as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enavigational gifts for the safety of all. Still today, we depend upon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir guiding lights for the safe passage of ships. Nowhere is this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etruer than in the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland: twenty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etowers built between 1811 and 1904, so-called because they were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econstructed on desolate, slippery rock formations in the middle of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esea, rising, mirage-like, straight out of the waves, with lights  shining  at the their summits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeashaken Houses is  a  lyrical exploration of these magnificent, isolated sentinels, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eingenuity of those who conceived them, the people who risked their  lives  building and rebuilding them, those that inhabited their circular\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erooms, and the ways in which we value emblems of our history in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echanging world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nancollas, Tom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42538203250872,"sku":"9781846149382","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781846149382.jpg?v=1734726128","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781846149382","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}