With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

Source: NPR "All Things Considered"

Roundup

8-28-05

"The Wreckers" sails into dark historical territory

More than 30,000 shipwrecks line the coast of Britain. As Bella Bathurst details in her book "The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks," plundering those ships... and worse... has long been a way of life for the inhabitants of Britain's coast.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"