A fascinating and original look at how the sea has defined Britain - and decided the course of its history - for thousands of years.Being an island nation is a core part of the British identity. An estimated two thirds of the world-s population have never seen the sea, but in the UK that drops to under 10 per cent. Yet most people don-t appreciate the impact our position on the edge of a continental shelf has had on our history, going back thousands of years.Our coast neither starts nor ends at the beach, and this eye-opening book takes a look beneath the surface to explore the forces of nature that have made Britain what it is. We experience some of the highest tides on the planet and we are battered with waves that have travelled halfway around the globe before they get here, but most of what we understand about our unique waters has only been discovered in living memory.In this fascinating guided tour of the fantastically varied British coastline, Professor David Bowers combi
