A painstaking, well-considered and persuasively argued account of wrecking that shatters the well-established image of the wreckers, and that engages with some of the central issues of crime and the law in Hanoverian and early Victorian England. [...] Pearce's book constitutes a significant addition to knowledge and understanding in a variety of areas that are of considerable interest to contemporary ... Read morestudents of history.
JOURNAL FOR MARITIME RESEARCH
Cathryn Pearce has done a masterly job in challenging the traditional stereotype of the Cornish wrecker. ... Cornish Wrecking is full of interesting and well-chosen anecdotes, matching the violent with the humane. [...] This book can be warmly recommended.
THE LOCAL HISTORIAN
This pioneering work is helpful for legal and administrative historians, suggestive for social and literary historians, and necessary for maritime historians.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY
Maritime historian Cathryn Pearce has produced by far the best - in fact the only - authoritative study of wrecking in Cornwall. www.smuggling.co.uk
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Provides one of the most detailed explanations of the Law and Rights of Wreck that I have read in any non-legal work, and written in clear and concise language. [...] This book really is an excellent piece of research on a subject which is more often told on the basis of myth.
SOUTH WEST SOUNDINGS
Must surely be the definitive study of the subject. [...] Well-researched, well-written and well-presented, Cornish Wrecking is a model study of a controversial practice in Cornish - and British - history which continues to this day.
CORNISH BANNER
A highly readable and intriguing examination of an often misunderstood subject.
PIRATES AND PRIVATEERS
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