Early in the nineteenth century, engineers set out to build a lighthouse on the Bell Rock, a reef off Forfarshire that is covered at every high tide and has wrecked countless ships. Around the dangerous work Ballantyne weaves a story of fishermen, lovers, a press-gang that drags men off to sea, a burglary and smugglers on the coast.
A boys’ adventure built on a true engineering feat, full of storms, rescues and seafaring life. Download the free EPUB.