The Lighthouse Stevensons

The “flamboyant and elegantly written saga” of the legendary author's family and their lifesaving nautical advances across eighteenth century Scotland ( Publishers Weekly ). For centuries the seas around Scotland were notorious for shipwrecks. Mariners had nothing to aid their navigation but a single coal-fire light on the east coast, which was usually extinguished by rain. In 1786 the Northern Lighthouse Trust was established, with Robert Stevenson appointed as chief engineer a few years later.