The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands

Name: The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands
Author: R. M. Ballantyne
ISBN: 9781802568004

Author: R. M. Ballantyne
Read by: Eloise Fairfax
Language: English
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
ISBN: 9781802568004
Published: 15 August 2025
Imprint: Sovereign

Ballantyne
adventure
stories
Scotland
nature
youth
travel
courage
fun
games

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Welton, Jim, and Morley Jones work the Gull above the Goodwin Sands: weather, wrecks, and the rough trade of the coast. Spoken as Ballantyne sea story about a lightship’s people, not a boy stranded alone on a dead hull.

Author

R. M. Ballantyne was an author and missionary who wrote adventure novels for children. Many of his books were set in the Scottish Highlands, and featured heroes who were brave and resourceful. Ballantyne's writing was praised for its exciting plots and accurate descriptions of nature. He was also an accomplished artist: he exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.

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Ebook · English · Sovereign9781787364370