Mysteries and Sea Monsters (eBook)

Thrilling Tales of the Sea (vol.4)

Graham Faiella (Autor)

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2021 | 1. Auflage
256 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9540-5 (ISBN)

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The sea realm has ever been mysterious: strange happenings upon it, an unfathomable abyss of 'The Great Unknown' below. Before the scrutiny of scientific Enlightenment and Age of Reason, in the eighteenth century, ghost ships and oceanic monsters were the stuff of superstition, myth and legend to explain the inexplicable, to enthral the imagination - and enliven the unimaginable. Narratives of phantom ships manned by ghostly (sometimes skeletal) crews, or damned like the Flying Dutchman to roam the seas forever; of sinister, sinuous sea serpents; and the lore of the terrible multi-tentacled kraken. Accounts inspired spirited controversy amongst believers and sceptics, in the awestruck thrill of such frightful enigmas.

GRAHAM FAIELLA was born and raised in Bermuda. He has sailed across the Atlantic twice. In 1973-74 he joined an eighteen-month voyage around the world on a 1,750-ton ex-hydrographic research ship. After graduating from Edinburgh University he became a professional editor and writer. His most recent works reflect his interest in the lives of seafarers and ships, especially in the era of the deep-sea wind-ships.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Thrilling Tales of the Sea
• Reihe/Serie: Thrilling Tales of the Sea
• Reihe/Serie: Thrilling Tales of the Sea
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Folklore • ghost ships • Kraken • Legend • Mysterious tales • Myth • phantom ships • sea monsters • sea serpents • skeletal crews • Superstition • The Flying Dutchman • the great unknown • thrilling tales of the sea • thrilling tales of the sea, thrilling tales of the sea volume 4, mysterious tales, the great unknown, ghost ships, sea monsters, myth, legend, superstition, phantom ships, skeletal crews, the flying dutchman, sea serpents, folklore, kraken • thrilling tales of the sea, thrilling tales of the sea volume 4, sea monsters, ghost ships, sea serpents, kraken • thrilling tales of the sea volume 4
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9540-8 / 0750995408
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9540-5 / 9780750995405