Beacon on the Rock: A Dramatic History of Lighthouses from Ancient Greece to the Present Day by Peter Williams
Beacon on the Rock: A Dramatic History of Lighthouses from Ancient Greece to the Present Day

Peter Williams

Beacon on the Rock: A Dramatic History of Lighthouses from Ancient Greece to the Present Day

Peter Williams

190 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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Describes ancient lighthouses built by the Phoenicians and Greeks, then details development of lighthouses from seventeenth-century wood-fired beacons to today's state-of-the-art solar-powered lights. Readers are treated to a fascinating chronicle...

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