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The Plimsoll Sensation

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Description for The Plimsoll Sensation Paperback. The story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors' lives and became a national hero. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.

The story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors' lives and became a national hero

'A story of ambition, treachery, libel, political intrigue and cold-blooded murder on a mass scale' Herald

'Nicolette Jones charts Plimsoll's course with skill, insight and elegance' Sunday Telegraph

'Splendid and meticulously researched' Guardian

In the second half of the nineteenth century, an astonishing campaign stirred a nation to save the lives of the hundreds of British sailors who were drowning unnecessarily every year. Overladen and ill-repaired ships set sail, their doomed crews sacrificed while mercenary shipowners ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349117201
SKU
V9780349117201
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-99

About Nicolette Jones
Nicolette Jones is a writer, journalist, literary critic and broadcaster. Her book The Plimsoll Sensation was a Radio 4 Book of the Week and won two maritime literature prizes. Her other books include The American Art Tapes: Voices of Twentieth-Century Art. She is the long-standing children's books reviewer of the Sunday Times and was a nominee for the Eleanor Farjeon ... Read more

Reviews for The Plimsoll Sensation
Splendid and meticulously researched
Guardian
A story of ambition, treachery, libel, political intrigue and cold-blooded murder on a mass scale... told in an engaging, witty, racy style
Herald
Excellent... Nicolette Jones charts Plimsoll's course with skill, insight and elegance
Sunday Telegraph
Jones clearly loves her subject... Her set-pieces mix sensitively and narrative gusto. Dickens ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Plimsoll Sensation


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