Estuary: Out from London to the Sea

by	Rachel Lichtenstein

SKU: 9780141018539 Categories: BIOGRAPHY: GENERAL, History, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works, Social History Tags: biographies and autobiographies, biography, Brick Lane, British, edge of the world, edinburgh greatest hits, England, fishing uk, folklore of london, garden room, hatton garden, History, james stewart, jane robinson, landmarks, london compendium, london oddities, london record shops, michael pye, My Garden World, Nature, nights at sea, peter ackroyd, prisoner of geography, radio, red rose, road trip, Robert Macfarlane, talksport top 5, travel writing, virginia nicholson, waterfront journals, wild guide cornwall

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LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017A hauntingly beautiful social history of the Thames Estuary, from the author of On Brick LaneOut at the eastern edge of England, between land and ocean, you will find beautiful, haunted salt marshes, coastal shallows and wide-open skies: the Thames Estuary. The estuary is an ancient gateway to England, a passage for numberless travellers in and out of London. And for generations, the people of Kent and Essex have lived and worked on the Estuary, learning its waters, losing loved ones to its deeps. Their heritage is a proud but never an easy one. In the face of a world changing around them, they endure.Rachel Lichtenstein spent five years exploring this unique community and recording its extraordinary chorus of voices, present and past. From mud larkers and fishermen to radio pirates and champion racers, from buried princesses to unexploded bombs, Estuary is a celebration of a haunting & profoundly British place.

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Weight	0.268 kg
Dimensions	2 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
PubliCanadanadation City/Country	United Kingdom
by	Rachel Lichtenstein
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	336
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year Published	2017-9-7
Imprint	Penguin
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	0141018534
About The Author	Rachel Lichtenstein is the author of Estuary as well as Rodinsky's Room (co-authored with Iain Sinclair), Rodinsky's Whitechapel, Keeping Pace, A Little Dust Whispered, On Brick Lane, and Diamond Street. She trained as a sculptor, and has exhibited her work in several British and international venues, including the Whitechapel Gallery, the Barbican, the British Library, Woodstreet Galleries in Pittsburgh in the USA, and the Jerusalem Theatre in Israel. From 2002 to 2004, she was the British Library's first Pearson Creative Research Fellow.
	Publisher's description. An immersive journey through the weird and haunting spaces of the Thames Estuary. Rachel Lichtenstein presents an extraordinary chorus of voices, from mudlarkers and fishermen to radio pirates and champion racers, capturing the incredibly diverse community of people who live and work in this ancient, wild and mesmerising place.
Other text	Rachel Lichtenstein's electrifying exploration of the estuary

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