Riders of the Storm by Ian Cameron

Riders of the Storm by Ian Cameron

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

The history of the RNLI - Britain's lifeboat service - and how it has saved more than 150,000 lives from stricken ships and the sea around Britain's coasts.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Riders of the Storm by Ian Cameron

Saving lives from the waters around the coasts of Britain and all Ireland doesn't get any less hazardous. For more than 175 years rescuing sailors from shipwrecks or holidaymakers from small boats has been in the hands of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), which remains a wholly voluntary-funded, non-Government organisation. No matter how sophisticated ships have become storms are as bad as ever and ships, it seems, just as likely to get into difficulties, and the lives of crews are still at risk. Cameron's account puts the story into a political and social perspective, and thrills with the stirring and often poignant narrative of the rescues themselves.
Ian Cameron was born in 1924 and educated at Oxford University. In WWII he was a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm, and saw service on Atlantic and Russian convoys. A full-time writer since 1956, his books have been translated into fourteen languages.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780752883441
ISBN 10 0752883445
Title Riders of the Storm
Author Ian Cameron
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 2009-05-07
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.