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Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is often overlooked - even by those living within a stone's throw of its steel-grey waters. But as playground, theatre of war and cultural crossing-point, it has shaped the world in myriad ways, forged villains and heroes, and determined the fates of nations. It's not all grim, though: the seaside holiday was born on North Sea beaches, and artists, poets and writers have been as equally inspired by glinting sun on the wave-tops as they have the drama of a winter storm. With a wry eye and a warm coat, Tom Blass travels the edges of the North Sea meeting fishermen, artists, bomb disposal experts, burgermeisters - and those who have found themselves flung to the sea's perimeters quite by chance. In doing so he attempts to piece together its manifold histories and to reveal truths, half-truths and fictions otherwise submerged...
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The Naked Shore, Tom Blass
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- Released
- 2016
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- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- The Naked Shore
- Subtitle
- Of the North Sea
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tom Blass
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Trade
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1408815494
- ISBN13
- 9781408815496
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Nature, Travel, USA, British Literature, Europe, Professional Literature, Memories, Great Britain, History of Europe, Journalism, Scotland, Folklore, Folk Culture, North Sea, Humanities
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- Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is often overlooked - even by those living within a stone's throw of its steel-grey waters. But as playground, theatre of war and cultural crossing-point, it has shaped the world in myriad ways, forged villains and heroes, and determined the fates of nations. It's not all grim, though: the seaside holiday was born on North Sea beaches, and artists, poets and writers have been as equally inspired by glinting sun on the wave-tops as they have the drama of a winter storm. With a wry eye and a warm coat, Tom Blass travels the edges of the North Sea meeting fishermen, artists, bomb disposal experts, burgermeisters - and those who have found themselves flung to the sea's perimeters quite by chance. In doing so he attempts to piece together its manifold histories and to reveal truths, half-truths and fictions otherwise submerged...