Mudlarking




Fascinating. Mudlarks are river scavengers, but Lara Maiklem is more like a time traveller Guardian Mudlark (/mAdla;k/) noun A person who scavenges for usable debris in the mud of a river or harbour Lara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames for nearly twenty years, in pursuit of the objects the river unearths: from Neolithic flints to Roman hairpins, medieval buckles to Tudor buttons, Georgian clay pipes to Victorian toys. What began as a search for solitude came to reveal the story of a city, its people and their lost ways of life. *The No. 2 Sunday Times bestseller and the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, now with full colour images* Enchanting . . . I am quite tempted to join Maiklem on the riverbed looking for treasure Sunday Times Reveals to us the fascinating and poignant micro-world of Londons history Hallie Rubenhold, Baillie Gifford Prize-winning author of The Five No one has looked at these odd corners since Sherlock Holmes Sunday Telegraph A quirky and delightful read, wonderfully evocative of Londons gloopy, ghost-haunted river Daily Mail WINNER OF THE 2020 INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
Перейти к описанию и характеристикам| Издательство | Bloomsbury |
| Страниц | 316 |
| Язык | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-1-4088-8923-7 |
Fascinating. Mudlarks are river scavengers, but Lara Maiklem is more like a time traveller Guardian Mudlark (/mAdla;k/) noun A person who scavenges for usable debris in the mud of a river or harbour Lara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames for nearly twenty years, in pursuit of the objects the river unearths: from Neolithic flints to Roman hairpins, medieval buckles to Tudor buttons, Georgian clay pipes to Victorian toys. What began as a search for solitude came to reveal the story of a city, its people and their lost ways of life. *The No. 2 Sunday Times bestseller and the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, now with full colour images* Enchanting . . . I am quite tempted to join Maiklem on the riverbed looking for treasure Sunday Times Reveals to us the fascinating and poignant micro-world of Londons history Hallie Rubenhold, Baillie Gifford Prize-winning author of The Five No one has looked at these odd corners since Sherlock Holmes Sunday Telegraph A quirky and delightful read, wonderfully evocative of Londons gloopy, ghost-haunted river Daily Mail WINNER OF THE 2020 INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
| Издательство | Bloomsbury |
| Страниц | 316 |
| Язык | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-1-4088-8923-7 |
| Обложка | Мягкий переплёт |
| Бумага | Офсет |
| Полиграфические особенности | Тиснение серебром, частичная лакировка |
| Иллюстрации | Черно-белые + цветные |
| Размеры | 128 × 20 × 197 mm |
| Вес, г | 280 |