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Around the Channel Islands
This survey covers Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, and Sark. Detailed information on the islands from the late 1870s to the present day emerges through the medium of old postcards and photographs, each of which is fully annotated. Presented here is an account of daily life in the islands, trades and customs, historic events and leisure pursuits. Inevitably there have been numerous shipwrecks along the wildly beautiful coastline and other maritime aspects are covered including the struggle to gain a harvest from the sea. Famous residents from the past are remembered here, among them Victor Hugo, General Boulanger, and the “Jersery Lily,” Lillie Langtry.

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Around the Channel Islands
This survey covers Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, and Sark. Detailed information on the islands from the late 1870s to the present day emerges through the medium of old postcards and photographs, each of which is fully annotated. Presented here is an account of daily life in the islands, trades and customs, historic events and leisure pursuits. Inevitably there have been numerous shipwrecks along the wildly beautiful coastline and other maritime aspects are covered including the struggle to gain a harvest from the sea. Famous residents from the past are remembered here, among them Victor Hugo, General Boulanger, and the “Jersery Lily,” Lillie Langtry.

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Around the Channel Islands

Around the Channel Islands

by Catherine Rothwell
Around the Channel Islands

Around the Channel Islands

by Catherine Rothwell

Overview

This survey covers Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, and Sark. Detailed information on the islands from the late 1870s to the present day emerges through the medium of old postcards and photographs, each of which is fully annotated. Presented here is an account of daily life in the islands, trades and customs, historic events and leisure pursuits. Inevitably there have been numerous shipwrecks along the wildly beautiful coastline and other maritime aspects are covered including the struggle to gain a harvest from the sea. Famous residents from the past are remembered here, among them Victor Hugo, General Boulanger, and the “Jersery Lily,” Lillie Langtry.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750949583
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 03/01/2008
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Catherine Rothwell was born in Manchester in 1921 and educated at Stand Grammar School and Manchester School of Librarianship. She has been writing for forty-five years and has over sixty books to her credit. She has strong links with the Channel Islands, though she now lives in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.
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