Review: The Lighthouse Stevensons by Bella Bathurst

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I got The Lighthouse Stevensons as an advance reader when I worked at the SFSU bookstore in San Francisco. It’s a good account of the history of the Scottish lighthouses and how they’re technological advance was marshaled by the family of famous author Robert Louise Stevenson.

It was Scotland that created the image of the lone lighthouse on a rock at sea, surrounded by pounding waves. This book starts with a quick chapter on the history of coastal lights in Scotland and their first lighthouse. Subsequent chapters each focus on one of the lighthouses built by the Scottish lighthouse agency while at the same time giving family history about the Stevensons, who were the engineers for the Northern Lighthouse Trust for four generations.

The last lighthouse in the book was built by Robert Louise Stevenson’s father, so you also get direct history on that author and how his family’s work on the Scottish lights influence the development of some of his classic works./p>

I enjoy reading The Lighthouse Stevensens, it’s one of those books you can open to any random point and read comfortably from there. There are also many reproductions of original cross-section drawings of the historic lighthouses the book covers. A good book whether you’re interested in the sea, maritime history, Scotland, lighthouses, or Robert Louise Stevenson.

Rating & Levels For This Book

I Give This Book two Vikings out of five	Violence Level zero Burning Huts out of five	Romance Level zero Hearts out of five
# of actual vikings in book: 0 What do these levels mean? »	Humor Level zero Smiles out of five	Lust Level zero Kisses out of five

Author and Publishing Information For This Book

Author & Book Details Title: The Lighthouse Stevensons Author(s): Bella Bathurst ISBN#: 0060932260 Genre(s): Scottish nautical history reference Edition Reviewed: advance reader’s edition Illustrations: About 21 black-and-white images of lighthouse layouts, etching, portraits, etc. Page Count: 263 (268 with bibliography) Part of a Series: No

Publishing & Copyright Details Publisher(s): HarperCollins Copyright: 1999 In Print: No Original Language: English Published in Other Languages: No Find a Local Book Store »

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