From a bronze age prow to a lonely mast outside Anfield (relic of Brunel's Great Eastern), this beguiling tale meanders through Britain's seafaring tradition like the ebb and flow of the tides that once bore all these vessels. The author's attention alights in his journey on the arcane and the curious, the mystical and the superstitious. He reminds us of the pre-eminent role the ship played though wistfully regrets its diminishing importance in our future.
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 105 Summer 2022 ) |
