Estuary - Out from London to the Sea

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017br>br>A hauntingly beautiful social history of the Thames Estuary, from the author of On Brick Lanebr>br>Out at the eastern edge of England, between land and ocean, you will find beautiful, haunted salt marshes, coastal shallows and wide-open skies: the Thames Estuary. The estuary is an ancient gateway to England, a passage for numberless travellers in and out of London. And for generations, the people of Kent and Essex have lived and worked on the Estuary, learning its waters, losing loved ones to its deeps. Their heritage is a proud but never an easy one. In the face of a world changing around them, they endure.br>br>Rachel Lichtenstein spent five years exploring this unique community and recording its extraordinary chorus of voices, present and past. From mud larkers and fishermen to radio pirates and champion racers, from buried princesses to unexploded bombs, Estuary is a celebration of a haunting & profoundly British place.>

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Lichtenstein, Lichtenstein Rachel
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9780141018539
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101853-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; London, Greater London, Biography: general, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works