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Islander : a journey around our archipelago / Patrick Barkham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barkham, Patrick, 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barkham, Patrick, 1975---Travel--Great Britain.
- Barkham, Patrick.
- Barkham, Patrick, 1975-.
- Islands.
- Islands--Great Britain.
- Archipelagoes.
- Travel.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Description and travel.
- Great Britain--History.
- History.
- Archipelagoes--Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Travel writing.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Granta, 2017.
- Summary:
- "The British Isles are an archipelago made up of two large islands and 6,289 smaller ones. Some, like the Isle of Man, resemble miniature nations, with their own language and tax laws; others, like Ray Island in Essex, are abandoned and mysterious places haunted by myths, ghosts and foxes. There are resurgent islands such as Eigg, which have been liberated from capricious owners to be run by their residents; holy islands like Bardsey, the resting place of 20,000 saints, and still a site of spiritual questing; and deserted islands such as St Kilda, famed for the evacuation of its human population, and now dominated by wild sheep and seabirds."--Publisher's description.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-342) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783781881
- 1783781882
- OCLC:
- 1004974112
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