Lost to the Sea
A Journey Round the Edges of Britain and Ireland
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Narrated by:
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Amy Noble
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By:
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Lisa Woollett
About this listen
'An immersive and lyrically personal journey through deep-time and modern tides' RAYNOR WINN
'Wondrous, elegant and haunting, Lost to the Sea is a fascinating alternative history of the fractured, flooded and eroded edges of Britain and Ireland' PHILIP HOARE
'Beautiful . . . Woollett paints vividly the da-to-day lives of past peoples' TLS
Medieval kingdoms. Notorious pirate towns. Drowned churches. Crocodile-infested swamps.
On a series of coastal walks, Lisa Woollett takes us on an illuminating journey, bringing to life the places where mythology and reality meet at the very edges of Britain and Ireland.
From Bronze Age settlements on the Isles of Scilly and submerged prehistoric forests in Wales, to a Victorian amusement park on the Isle of Wight and castles in the air off County Clare, Lisa draws together archaeology, meetings with locals and tales from folklore to reveal how the sea has forged, shaped and often overwhelmed these landscapes and communities.
Lost to the Sea is an exhilarating voyage around the ever-shifting shores of the British Isles, and a haunting ode to our profound relationship with the sea.
'A hugely enjoyable mosaic of history, myth and imagination' SARA WHEELER
'Beautifully written and researched . . . I was immediately tempted to head out in search of lost lands' WYL MENMUIR
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- R Tily
- 30-11-24
An epic story given human proportions - beautifully observed
Woollett’s finely textured prose brings us close to the day to day lives of vanished communities along our coast. Her story sees the epochal woven through the ordinary: quiet beauty characterises her descriptions – whether the
incidentals of her visits to each place or the lost communities she evokes.
This excellent audio version accentuates the cogent rhythm of
Woollett’s narrative. Each piece of her story is gathered and presented attentively – in a manner reminiscent of the care afforded to the resplendent beachcombing and mudlarking treasures of her
award-winning earlier book - ‘Rag and Bone’.
Woollett leads us to the cliff tops and reminds us of the power of the sea
to destroy places that shelter human lives. A single understated paragraph contextualises these stories within our present era of rapid
environmental change. But this careful study of past fragments of our
nation leaves the listener to reach conclusions for our own for the future. A
tale of epic environmental change given human proportions.
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