The Wreck at Sharpnose Point
Publication details: United Kingdom; Pan Macmillan; 2014Description: 336 Pages; PaperbackISBN:- 9781447267959
- 910.91
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Karachi In Store | 910.91 SEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Withdrawn | PKLC006428 | |||
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Lahore In Store | 910.91 SEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Withdrawn | donated to the faislabad festival 2019 | PKLC007068 |
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.
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