Ebook: Estuary: out from London to the sea
Author: Lichtenstein Rachel
- Tags: Travel, Anecdotes, Lichtenstein Rachel -- 1969- -- Travel -- England -- Thames River, Thames River (England) -- Description and travel, Thames River Estuary (England) -- Description and travel, Thames River Estuary (England) -- Anecdotes, Lichtenstein Rachel -- 1969-, England -- Thames River, England -- Thames River Estuary
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- City: England;Thames River;Thames River Estuary;Thames River (England);Thames River Estuary (England
- Language: English
- epub
An immersive, intimate journey into the world of the Thames Estuary and the people who spend their lives there
The Thames Estuary is one of the world's great deltas, providing passage in and out of London for millennia. It is silted up with the memories and artefacts of past voyages. It is the habitat for an astonishing range of wildlife. And for the people who live and work on the estuary, it is a way of life unlike any other - one most would not trade for anything, despites its dangers.
Rachel Lichtenstein has travelled the length and breadth of the estuary many times and in many vessels, from hardy tug boats to stately pleasure cruisers to an inflatable dinghy. And during these crossing she has gathered an extraordinary chorus of voices: mudlarkers and fishermen, radio pirates and champion racers, the men who risk their lives out on the water and the women who wait on the shore.
From the acclaimed author of Brick Lane and...