Wreck of the Abergavenny by Alethea Hayter
In February 1805 the Earl of Abergavenny set sail in convoy from Portsmouth for a voyage to India and China, captained by John Wordsworth, the younger brother of the poet William Wordsworth. On board were more than 400 passengers and crew. Only three days later, separated from the convoy by stormy weather, the ship struck the notorious Shamble shoal in Weymouth bay and sank, drowning 260 souls including her Captain. From the harrowing accounts of the survivors and the detailed official and press reports if the disaster, The Wreck of the Abergavenny brilliant recreates this tragic event and its impact on John's brother William and his friends Coleridge, Charles and Mary Lamb, and many others. Dramatic, haunting and engaging The Wreck of the Abergavenny is an intimate and beautifully observed view of a family and the effects of tragedy. It is a masterpiece of narrative non-fiction. 'Hayter gives us intellectual as well as emotional excitement. . .beautifully crafted and a pleasure to read' Sunday Times 'Hayter's marvellous book is.a jewel of popular history writing' Kathryn Hughes, Literary Review
'Perfect.. a small and original masterpiece' Claire Tomalin, Independent 'Hayter gives us intellectual as well as emotional excitement...beautifully crafted and a pleasure to read' Sunday Times 'Hayter's marvellous book is...a jewel of popular history writing' Kathryn Hughes, Literary Review
Alethea Hayter, who died at the age of 94 in January 2006, wrote books of immaculate scholarship and intense readability that for many years never had the size of readership they deserved. For a quarter of a century, she was also an excellent cultural ambassador with the British Council. Her first book, on the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, appeared in 1962, and the following decade saw the publication of her most important works, notably A Sultry Month which chronicles events that occurred in London between June 18 and July 13 1846 in the lives of a number of individuals linked by friendship and by chance, notably the artist Benjamin Haydon, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. Her last book, The Wreck of the Abergavenny, was published by Macmillan in 2003.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330491457 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330491458 |
| Title | Wreck of the Abergavenny |
| Author | Alethea Hayter |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2003-07-04 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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