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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Lighthouse Stevensons: The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses By the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson (originale 1999; edizione 1999)di Bella Bathurst (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaThe Lighthouse Stevensons: The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses by the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson di Bella Bathurst (1999)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Extraordinary story. Extraordinary work. Extraordinary family. And brilliantly told. ( ) Trabajo de investigación periodística sobre un hecho que no siempre es conocido de Robert Louis Stevenson, y es que este gran escritor escocés provenía de una familia de varias generaciones de ingenieros con una fuerte tradición construyendo faros. Entre 1790 y 1940, ocho miembros de la familia de Stevenson planificaron, diseñaron y construyeron los noventa y siete faros no automáticos (es decir, atendidos por personal) que todavía continuaban activos en las costas escocesas en el año 2000, a la hora de acabarse este trabajo. Bella Bathurst da cuenta de episodios de la infancia de Stevenson relacionados con la profesión de su padre y de su tío, y noticias sobre los Stevensons constructores de faros y algunas de sus técnicas y peculiaridades. El libro también se documenta con ilustraciones, especialmente fotografías de época, planos e imágenes de los faros. Amazing story of perseverance against the odds in constructing lighthouses in wild and inhospitable locations. The accounts of men quarrying into solid rock, having to stop for each tide, and sometimes only being able to work a few days because of the weather, is a real eye-opener into the working conditions of the time. Technology also plays a part, with the initial development of reflectors, and then lenses, alongside developments in the construction of the towers themselves. If we think we live hectic lives today, read about the punishing schedules of the Stevenson family, and how much they fitted into a year...! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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An exciting new edition of Bella Bathurst's epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson's ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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