| Description |
vi, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [353]-364. |
| Contents |
Author's note -- Towards Ushant : world's bend -- Towards Brest : fit for an admiral? -- Towards Roscoff : accidental oil -- Towards Brehat : someone else's stones -- Towards the Rance River : the tides of Saint-Malo -- Towards Guernsey : never a barrier -- Towards Barfleur : Eleanor's empire -- Towards Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue : Rooke's bonfire -- Towards Ouistreham : the beaches of Normandy -- Towards the Seine River : heirs of the Vikings -- Towards Boulogne : Uranium River -- Towards Gris-Nez : Petroleum River -- Towards Calais : the dam and the tunnel -- Fogbound in Calais : different kinds of madness -- Towards De Panne : who won the armada fight? -- Towards South Goodwin : escape of an army -- Towards Dover : echoes in the sand -- Towards Hastings : wreck of a Dutchman -- Towards Brighton : the seaside age -- Towards Selsey : green and pleasant land -- Towards the Solent : pomp of yesterday -- Towards Weymouth Bay : the source of the oil -- Towards Brixham : slingers and fishermen -- Towards Plymouth : the Drake phenomenon -- Towards Fowey : free traders -- Towards Penzance : earthy assets -- Towards Bishop Rock : beyond nationhood. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
English Channel.
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England -- Description and travel.
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France -- Description and travel.
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Coasts -- England -- History.
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Coasts -- France -- History.
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England -- History, Local.
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France -- History, Local.
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Calder, Nigel, 1931-2014 -- Travel -- English Channel.
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| ISBN |
0670800228 |
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9780670800223 |
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