Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides
In 1937, Adam Nicolson's father answered a newspaper ad--Uninhabited islands for sale. Outer Hebrides, 600 acres. . . . Puffins and seals. Apply.--and thus found the Shiants. With a name meaning holy or enchanted islands, the Shiants for millennia were a haven for those seeking solitude, but their rich, sometimes violent history of human habitation includes much more. When he was twenty-one, Nicolson inherited this almost indescribably beautiful property: a landscape, soaked in centuries-old tales of restless ghosts and Bronze Age gold, that cradles the heritage of a once-vibrant world of farmers and fishermen. In Sea Room, Nicolson describes…
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- ISBN: 978-0-06-123882-6
- EAN: 9780061238826
- Produktnummer: 2614455
- Verlag: Perennial
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 391 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B14.3 cm x D2.6 cm 349 g
- Gewicht: 349
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