Window on the Forth - Archibald, Malcolm
- Format: Broché Voir le descriptif
Vous en avez un à vendre ?
Vendez-le-vôtreSoyez informé(e) par e-mail dès l'arrivée de cet article
Créer une alerte prix
- Payez directement sur Rakuten (CB, PayPal, 4xCB...)
- Récupérez le produit directement chez le vendeur
- Rakuten vous rembourse en cas de problème
Gratuit et sans engagement
Félicitations !
Nous sommes heureux de vous compter parmi nos membres du Club Rakuten !
TROUVER UN MAGASIN
Retour
Avis sur Window On The Forth Format Broché - Livre Histoire
0 avis sur Window On The Forth Format Broché - Livre Histoire
Donnez votre avis et cumulez 5
Les avis publiés font l'objet d'un contrôle automatisé de Rakuten.
-
La Sante Interdite
Occasion dès 20,00 €
-
Atomic Habits
4 avis
Occasion dès 16,70 €
-
Crochet Moderne
Occasion dès 26,00 €
-
Story
Neuf dès 39,37 €
Occasion dès 19,00 €
-
Supreme Puissance
11 avis
Occasion dès 19,63 €
-
Yngwie Malmsteen Anthology
Neuf dès 42,50 €
Occasion dès 25,00 €
-
English For Everyone Course Book Level 3 Intermediate
1 avis
Neuf dès 23,60 €
-
Cowboy Boot Book, The
1 avis
Occasion dès 14,00 €
-
Lucinde, Roman De Friedrich Schlegel. Introduction, Traduction Et Notes De Jean-Jacques Anstett. Collection Bilingue Des Classiques Étrangers. 1943.
Occasion dès 16,00 €
-
Prosperity Without Growth
Neuf dès 37,87 €
-
Die Kinder Des Hofjuweliers
Occasion dès 35,65 €
-
Finance For Executives
Occasion dès 32,00 €
-
Sound Of The Beast
Neuf dès 22,38 €
Occasion dès 20,14 €
-
La Véritable Cuisine Traditionnelle De Famille Par Tante Marie - 1000 Recettes
5 avis
Occasion dès 14,75 €
-
Genussvoll Vegetarisch
Neuf dès 34,51 €
Occasion dès 23,96 €
-
Land And Blood
Neuf dès 34,12 €
-
Andreas Feininger
Occasion dès 19,30 €
-
Us Navy Seals
Neuf dès 20,90 €
-
Nuovo Progetto Italiano 2 Livello Elementare B1-B2 - Quaderno Degli Esercizi A Delle Attività Video (2 Cd Audio)
1 avis
Occasion dès 37,50 €
-
The Empyrean - Tome 2 - Iron Flame
12 avis
Neuf dès 21,50 €
Occasion dès 17,20 €
Produits similaires
Présentation Window On The Forth Format Broché
- Livre Histoire
Résumé :
This thematic book introduces the history of the Firth of Forth, the gateway to the east of Scotland and Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city. Chapters cover the glory days of Sir Andrew Wood and Great Michael, the 'greatest ship afloat' as well as the day that shipwrecked Spaniards from the Armada called at Anstruther. There is a chapter on the doomed emigrant ships that carried optimistic Scots to tragedy in the New World and on invasion fleets that hovered off the coast. The fighting Leith smacks are mentioned, together with the German air force's first attack on Great Britain - and their first losses as the Spitfires of 602, City of Glasgow and 603, City of Edinburgh squadron met them head on. There are whaling ships and fishing boats, great tea clippers with a Forth connection and the Leith built Sirius that was the first ship to cross the Atlantic under steam power alone. The historical background to each of the Forth islands is covered, with tales of shipwreck and holy men, pirates and lighthouses, plague victims, grim prisons and a Jacobite fortress that held out against the Scottish Navy. The part played by Inchkeith in the Normandy landings, and the batteries that defended the Forth are mentioned, as well as the Battle of May Island and the German U-boats that infested the rugged seas. The Forth skies saw early hot air balloons and the airship that was first to cross the Atlantic, flying from Drem in Midlothian. The characters are not neglected, with Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe and Samuel Greig, 'father of the Russian Navy' featured; neither is John Paul Jones the Scottish born American seaman, and Reverend Shirra, his Kirkcaldy nemesis. The legendary ferry William Muir is also given her well-deserved slot in history. Finally, there are the bridges - three of them now - each one a work of art and testimony to the skill of a different generation of engineers. The Forth Bridge, built by the Briggers, many of whom lost their lives; the Forth Road Bridge with its elegant span, and the new Queensferry bridge, due to open in 2017; a triple thrust across the Forth that was once known as the Scottish Sea. This is the large print edition of Window on the Forth, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.