Ouça e leia

Entre em um mundo infinito de histórias

  • Ler e ouvir tanto quanto você quiser
  • Com mais de 500.000 títulos
  • Títulos exclusivos + Storytel Originals
  • 7 dias de teste gratuito, depois R$19,90/mês
  • Fácil de cancelar a qualquer momento
Assine agora
br bdp devices

Lancashire's Seaside Piers: Also Featuring the Piers of the River Mersey, Cumbria and the Isle of Man

Idiomas
Inglês
Format
Categoria

História

In this, a companion volume to his definitive history of Yorkshires pleasure piers, Martin Easdown turns his expert attention westward to the Lancashire coast. His highly illustrated survey of the piers constructed at famous resorts like Blackpool, Morecambe, Southport and St Annes-on-Sea celebrates structures that are among the most exuberant and evocative of the Victorian age.

Each of these historic piers has its own character and story, yet all of them represent the optimistic style of the British seaside resort at the peak of its popularity. In those days the Lancashire coast, and Blackpool in particular, became the principal holiday destination for the workers of the nearby industrial towns during their Wakes Weeks. The piers that survive are fascinating relics of that lost age.

In this meticulously researched account, Martin Easdown describes how these extraordinary buildings came to be constructed, how they were designed and financed, how they were used, and how hazards beset them fire, storm, ship collision, war damage and ever-present threat of insolvency. His entertaining book reveals and records a neglected aspect of the history of Lancashire and the northwest.

© 2009 Wharncliffe Books (Ebook): 9781783408757

Data de lançamento

Ebook: 19 de novembro de 2009

Outros também usufruíram...

  1. The Poetry Of Francis Thompson - Volume 1: "An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident." Francis Thompson
  2. Summary of Amanda Vickery's The Gentleman's Daughter IRB Media
  3. The Jacobites: The History and Legacy of the Movement to Restore the Stuart Dynasty to the British Throne Charles River Editors
  4. Mr Nobody Catherine Steadman
  5. Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day Brian Groom
  6. Eye of the Needle: The Heart-Racing Thriller from the Multi-million Copy International Bestseller of The Kingsbridge Series Ken Follett
  7. The Guns of August Barbara W. Tuchman
  8. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Christopher R. Browning
  9. Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1783–1787 Winston Graham
  10. Behind Her Eyes Huw Parmenter
  11. The Insatiate Countess: 'If you win power, remember why you wanted it'' John Marston
  12. The Man From St Petersburg Ken Follett
  13. Accused War Criminal: An American Kempei Tai Survivor Fiske Hanley II
  14. The Green Road Anne Enright
  15. The Sea John Banville
  16. An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde
  17. No Good Brother Tyler Keevil
  18. The Theft of India : The European Conquests of India, 1498-1765 Roy Moxham
  19. The Convict's Wife: A heart-wrenching and emotional 1800s northern saga Libby Ashworth
  20. The Seed Keeper: A Novel Diane Wilson
  21. Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement Fergus Bordewich
  22. Fall of Giants: The groundbreaking novel from the no.1 bestseller Ken Follett
  23. Resurrection Bay Emma Viskic
  24. I Know Who You Are Alice Feeney
  25. The Cajuns: The History of the French-Speaking Ethnic Group in Canada and Louisiana Charles River Editors