Five Million Tides (eBook)

A Biography of the Helford River

Christian Boulton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
256 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9166-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Five Million Tides is the story of Cornwall's Helford River from the Stone Age to the dawning of the twenty-first century. From prehistoric pioneers and their megalithic successors, this account goes on to expose a remarkable truth: the Helford became one of Europe's most significant waterways during the Iron Age and Roman periods. Despite being mainland Britain's southernmost safe haven, it has not always been a place of good fortune – once a thriving seat of Celtic Christianity the river would ultimately become more synonymous with lawless seafarers. Nor could it be relied upon for sanctuary from every storm, as the graves of mariners in its village churchyards attest. Although now overshadowed by its more famous sibling estuaries, the Helford is an enigmatic beauty of the family whose rich past deserves wider knowledge.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.5.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Celtic Christianity • celts • Cornwall • DART • fal • Falmouth • Fowey • gweek • helford • Helford Passage • Helford River • helford river, cornwall, fal, fowey, tamar, dart, helford, helford passage, mawgan, gweek, falmouth • helford river, cornwall, fal, fowey, tamar, dart, helford, helford passage, mawgan, gweek, falmouth, stone age, iron age, roman britain, waterway, trading, prehistory, prehistoric, celts, celtic christianity, seafarers, sir tim rice • Iron Age • mawgan • Prehistoric • Prehistory • Roman Britain • seafarers • sir tim rice • Stone Age • Tamar • Trading • waterway
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9166-6 / 0750991666
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9166-7 / 9780750991667