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Paul Jordan.
North Sea Saga.
Published Harlow: Pearson/Longman, 2004.
ISBN 0582772575;
ISBN-13: 9780582772571.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in China.
Size: 161×139×26mm.
Page count: text ix,272pp; plates 40pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some wear on its dustjacket, especially along the top edges and corners, a little yellowed with age on its unprinted side; the book has a mild bump at the top of the spine, pages a bit yellowed with age, otherwise looks in good order, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £19.99]
Weight without packaging: 823g.

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Presents a collective history of the lands bordering the North Sea, “from Stone Age totem-poles to twentieth-century oil rigs”, so naturally including plenty of medieval material along the way.

Contents: Rovers; Farmers & fighters; Chiefs & emperors; Settlers & traders; Raiders; Merchants; Dutchmen; Great powers; Enterprises; Industries; Gains & losses; North Sea journey — from Norway to Denmark; Germany to France; Dover to the Wash; The Wash to John O’Groats; Journey’s end — unending saga.

Illustrations: 1 text figure, plus 40 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 14

Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes

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