The Plimsoll Sensation: Great Campaign To Save Lives At Sea Nicolette Jones Abacus Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

The Story Of A Victorian Philanthropist Who Reformed Shipping Laws Saved Thousands Sailors\ Lives And Became National Hero\ Ambition Treachery Libel Political Intrigue Cold-Blooded Murder On Mass Scale\ Herald\ Nicolette Jones Charts Plimsoll\ S Course With Skill Insight Elegance\ Sunday Telegraph\ Splendid Meticulously Researched\ Guardianin Second Half Nineteenth Century An Astonishing Campaign Stirred Nation To Save Hundreds British Sailors Were Drowning Unnecessarily Every Year Overladen Ill-Repaired Ships Set Sail Their Doomed Crews Sacrificed While Mercenary Shipowners Profited From Insurance Samuel Plimsoll Blew Whistle These Scandalous Practices Devoting His Life For Maritime Reform Caught Public Imagination: Under Banner Working Men Women Stood Side By Enlightened Aristocrats Industrialists Clamour Almost Toppling Prime Minister Σελίδες: 432 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm