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- 203pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
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In the earlyr morning of 7 September 1838, Grace Darling, daughter of the keeper of the Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands, rowed with her father to rescue survivors from the wrecked steamer Forfarshire. Her heroism caused a sensation. She was asked to appear at a London Theatre and an Edinburgh circus. Queen Victoria headed the subscription list for a fund to support her, Wordsworth was one of the many poets who sang her praises. Immediately a national heroine, her fame spread throughout the world. The author tells the extraoridnary story of how Grace became a celebrity, her name and image used to sell books, soap and chocolates: and of how, since her tragically early death in 1842, her deed and her fame have been kept alive into the twenty-first century.
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Grace Darling, Hugh Cunningham
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- Pubblicato
- 2007
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- Titolo
- Grace Darling
- Sottotitolo
- Victorian Heroine
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Hugh Cunningham
- Editore
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Pubblicato
- 2007
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 203
- ISBN10
- 1852855487
- ISBN13
- 9781852855482
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Storie vere, Tecnologia & Ingegneria, Biografie, Donne, Autobiografie e memorie, Forze armate, Biografie, Inghilterra, XIX Secolo, Gran Bretagna, Mar del Nord, Relitti navali
- Valutazione
- 2,8 su 5
- Descrizione
- In the earlyr morning of 7 September 1838, Grace Darling, daughter of the keeper of the Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands, rowed with her father to rescue survivors from the wrecked steamer Forfarshire. Her heroism caused a sensation. She was asked to appear at a London Theatre and an Edinburgh circus. Queen Victoria headed the subscription list for a fund to support her, Wordsworth was one of the many poets who sang her praises. Immediately a national heroine, her fame spread throughout the world. The author tells the extraoridnary story of how Grace became a celebrity, her name and image used to sell books, soap and chocolates: and of how, since her tragically early death in 1842, her deed and her fame have been kept alive into the twenty-first century.