THE LIGHTHOUSE STEVENSONS -- Bella Bathurst

Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition.

No inscriptions.

B/W photos. 

284 pages. Dimensions: 22.4cm x 14.2cm.

Synopsis: Fourteen of the lighthouses dotting the Scottish coast were all built by the same Stevenson family that produced Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland's most famous novelist. But Bella Bathurst throws a powerful, revolving light into the darkness of this historical tradition.

Robert Louis was a sickly fellow, and - unlike the rest of his strong-willed, determined family - certainly not up to the astonishing rigours of lighthouse building, all of which are vividly described here.

To build these towering structures in the most inhospitable places imaginable (such as the aptly named Cape Wrath), using only 19th-century technology is an achievement that beggars belief. The comparison that comes to mind is with the pyramid building of ancient Egypt.

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