Author: Clive Carter

Crammed with tales from over five centuries of west Cornish maritime history and illustrated with around 175 photographs, drawings and maps, this is an entertaining look at this once busy little port by one of Cornwall's best-known historians ­ Clive Carter has the knack of bringing history to life off the page. Spanish invaders, smugglers, shipwrecks and rescues, the Scilly boats, the coasting trade, the harbour in wartime and the Maritime Festivals of today, all feature in this well produced, reasonably priced volume.