The Wreckers

An “entertaining” historical investigation into the scavengers who have profited off the spoils of maritime disasters ( The Washington Post ). Even today, Britain’s coastline remains a dangerous place. It is an island soaked by four separate seas, with shifting sand banks to the east, veiled reefs to the west, powerful currents above, and the world’s busiest shipping channel below. The country’s offshore waters are strewn with shipwrecks—and for villagers scratching out an existence along Britai