The Plimsoll Sensation
The Great Campaign to Save Lives at Sea
$37.63
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2007
Summary
Now in B format.
The story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors’ lives and became a national hero.
Samuel Plimsoll was a nineteenth-century hero whose tireless campaigning ended scandalous shipping malpractices and saved hundreds of sailors’ lives. Prior to the introduction of the ‘Plimsoll Line’, greedy shipowners would send dangerously overladen ships to sea, which even light breezes could capsize and sink. The Board of Trade a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349117201 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349117209 |
| Author: | Nicolette Jones |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2007 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 130mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Excellent … Nicolette Jones charts [Plimsoll’s] course with skill, insight and elegance - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
[Jones] is sure-footed, never allowing her empathy with her subject to blind her to his failings. Her comprehensive biography … will be the first port of call for all future researchers - SUNDAY TIMESExpertly tracked - OBSERVERJones clearly loves her subject … Her set-pieces mix sensitivity and narrative gusto. Dickens … would have delighted in this story - Jonathan KeatesNicolette Jones
Nicolette Jones, educated at Oxford and Yale, is a journalist who has freelanced for the arts pages of all the British broadsheets and writes a column for The Bookseller. She regularly chairs book festivals and appears on radio and TV. She was one of the judges for the 2003 Orange Prize.
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