Black Friday: The Eyemouth Fishing Disaster of 1881

Black Friday is the astonishing true story of a coastal community that lost 189 men in a single afternoon. Britain''s worst fishing disaster decimated the coastal community of Eyemouth, yet is an almost forgotten part of the past.One hundred and twenty—five years on, this is the story of that storm, told through the accounts of fishermen at sea caught up in the maelstrom, of their families waiting anxiously for news, and of its historical context. At its heart is a gripping narrative of sur...