The Wreck at Sharpnose Point. A Victorian Mystery. First UK Printing. Signed by Author

Seal, Jeremy

ISBN 10: 033037463X / ISBN 13: 9780330374637

Published by London. Picador/Pan Macmillan, 2002

About this Item

London. Picador/Pan Macmillan. 2002. First UK Edition/First UK Printing. (1 in number line on copyright page). Originally published the previous year in the US. Hard Cover. Chocolate brown boards with gilt spine titles. Endpapers both illustrated with maps of Devon and Cornwall. Map to verso of title page. Flat signed by the author over his name on the title page. Some tables and illustrations in the text. Condition of dust jacket and book is as new. While walking through a graveyard in the village of Morwenstow, Jeremy Seal stumbled across a figurehead which once adorned the Caledonia, a ship wrecked on the coast in 1842. He investigates whether it was lured to its destruction by the locals. This is a captivating mystery of the best kind - the sort that really happened. 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wreck at Sharpnose Point. A Victorian Mystery. First UK Printing. Signed by Author
• Publisher: London. Picador/Pan Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033037463X
• ISBN 13: 9780330374637
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • history, UK, maritime, signed

About this title

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.

About the Author

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.