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The epic story of how Robert Louis Stevenson’s ancestors built the lighthouses of the S
‘Whenever I smell salt water, I know that I am not far from one of the works of my ancestors’ wrote Robert Louis Stevenson in 1880. ‘When the lights come out at sundown along the shores of Scotland, I am proud to think they burn more brightly for the genius of my father!’
Robert Louis Stevenson was the most famous of the Stevensons, but not by any means the most productive. The Lighthouse Stevensons, all four generations of them, built every lighthouse round Scotland, were responsible for a slew of inventions in both construction and optics, and achieved feats of engineering in conditions that would be forbidding even today. The same driven energy which Robert Louis Stevenson puts into writing, his ancestors put into lighting the darkness of the seas. The Lighthouse Stevensons is a story of high endeavour, beautifully told; indeed, Bella Bathurst writes like a dream and this should be one of the most celebrated books of the season. As one reads the mesmerising account of the establishing of the Bell Rock lighthouse one almost feels the floor swinging like the sea beneath one; as a unique history that evokes the exact feel of time and place it is quite exceptional.
‘My own interest in the Lighthouse Stevensons is threefold. Firstly, from the writings of Robert Louis Stevenson, who turned his family’s trade into the raw gold of all his best fiction. Secondly, from various trips around Scotland. The country’s coast is a mass of storm-beaten rocks and treacherous headlands on which even the seagulls have trouble landing. It is impossible not to speculate what combination of courage and skill built the lighthouses around such an environment. And thirdly, because somewhere in there, unrecognised and unsung, is the most wonderful story!’
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284 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The Extraordinary Story Of The Building Of The Scottish Lighthouses By The Ancestors Of Robert Louis Stevenson.
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"Whenever I smell salt water, I know that I am not far from one of the works of my ancestors" wrote Robert Louis Stevenson in 1880. "When the lights come out at sundown along the shores of Scotland, I am proud to think they burn more brightly for the genius of my father!" Robert Louis Stevenson was the most famous of the Stevensons, but not by any means the most productive. The Lighthouse Stevensons, all four generations of them, built every lighthouse round Scotland, were responsible for a slew of inventions in both construction and optics, and achieved feats of engineering in conditions that would be forbidding even today. The same driven energy which Robert Louis Stevenson puts into writing, his ancestors put into lighting the darkness of the seas.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0002571129
- ISBN 13 9780002571128
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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THE LIGHTHOUSE STEVENSONS - The extraordinary story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson
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Book Description 1st soft cover edition. XX, 284 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illustrations. Fp: Map of Scotland waters with positions of lighthouses. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. Seller Inventory # 62465
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