Name: The Harbour Keepers
SKU: 69211258
Price: 349.00 ZAR
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Author: Dragon Fire Li
ISBN: 9798173378552

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The Harbour Keepers

Dragon Fire Li (Author) · Book Liftoff · Physical Book

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Synopsis "The Harbour Keepers"

In the bitter January of 1881, Ramsgate's lifeboat Bradford goes out into an easterly gale toward the wreck of the barque Indian Chief on the Long Sand. Boatman Tom Hart learns what a harbour is for — and what it costs — in ice, silver medals, and silence.Across two generations the Hart line keeps the habit: May tends lists and cliff shelters when Zeppelins cross Thanet; Dame Janet's motor lifeboat answers a new century's call; and in 1940 Ned sails on the Prudential into the smoke of Dunkirk, then brings his people home through chalk tunnels dug beneath the town.From smuggling ledgers under the Belle Vue to blackout roads and small boats on the beaches, The Harbour Keepers is a novel of Ramsgate's keepers — the men and women who went out when they should have stayed. Refuge for the shipwrecked. Refuge for the sick. And for the bloody-minded who stay. Read more