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The English Channel ReviewMost of my book reading these days is done compliments of the public library. However if I keep going back to re-read a book I'll buy it and it becomes an annual read. Nigel Calder's, "The English Channel" is now one of those.
My wife was reading a book called "Pillars of the Earth" and convinced me to look at it. It's historical fiction about building cathedrals in the tenth century. A key fiction of the story is that a main character, who is killed off in the first chapter was on-board the Blanch, the White Ship, when it sank killing Prince Henry II in 1120. The result was that Henry I was without heir and a civil war ensued among his Norman relatives and English dukes. I remembered the historical discussion of the sinking, in "The English Channel" and wanted a bit of reality to supplement Pillars.
The frame of "The English Channel" is that we are taken aboard his ketch, Charmed, to sail both coasts from Ushant to Dover and back to Lands End. So it includes a sailor's description of lights, currents, and anchorages making it an excellent addition to a coast pilot.
The thing that delights however is interweaving the history of the places along the coast. That includes a discussion of prehistoric trade across the channel, the Roman period, medieval ports now land-locked, French reliance on nuclear power, and the problems of oil transportation. He also energizes such well-worn topics as the Spanish Armada, the battle of Dodger Bank, and the Normandy invasion.
I purchased this through Amazon; being an older book there was quite a bit of price variation but I was able to get a good quality hard-bound copy for a very reasonable price.
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