'Fascinating. Mudlarks are river scavengers, but Lara Maiklem is more like a time traveller' Guardian Mudlark (/'mAdla;k/) noun A person who scavenges for usable debris in the mud of a river or harbour Lara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames for nearly twenty years, in pursuit of the objects the river unearths: from Neolithic flints to Roman hairpins, medieval buckles to Tudor buttons, Georgian clay pipes to Victorian toys. What began as a search for solitude came to reveal the story of a city, its people and their lost ways of life. *The No. 2 Sunday Times bestseller and the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, now with full colour images* 'Enchanting . . . I am quite tempted to join Maiklem on the riverbed looking for treasure' Sunday Times 'Reveals to us the fascinating and poignant micro-world of London's history' Hallie Rubenhold, Baillie Gifford Prize-winning author of The Five 'No one has looked at these odd corners since Sherlock Holmes' Sunday Telegraph 'A quirky and delightful read, wonderfully evocative of London's gloopy, ghost-haunted river' Daily Mail WINNER OF THE 2020 INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
Micah Moore, Mark Jennings and Steve Brooker have found several chapes from Medieval sword scabbards (Fig 5.6). The brass chapes have been shaped into. Fig 5.5: One of the floor tiles found by Mark Paros.
Long heralded as a city treasure herself, beloved “Mudlark” Lara Maiklem tirelessly treks along the Thames’ muddy shores, unearthing a myriad of artifacts and their stories—from Roman hairpins and perfectly preserved Tudor shoes to ...
These are just some of the stories told in Mudlark’d, which also contains a primer, giving advice on how to mudlark on tidal rivers around the world and outlining the tools and equipment you will need.
From Roman tiles to elegant Georgian pottery, presented here are modern-day mudlark Ted Sandling's most evocative finds, gorgeously photographed.
Florence Nightingale wrote of how the 'ghosts of their troubles' haunted the soldiers she cared for in the Crimea. Perhaps, seeking to rid himself of such disturbing associations, McDermond cast his medal into the Thames on one of these ...
If you enjoy this pass time this log book will be invaluable to you so that you can record your finds and the research you do on them. Grab this book for a friend 120 Pages 8.5 11 inches Great gift for the Mudlarking enthusiasts.
This volume brings together for the first time a wide variety of 19th century sources about the mudlarks of history and the hardships they faced.
It is entirely fragmentary, and yet this single leg and fat underbelly of a Jackfield teapot manages to conjure up a ghostly impression of the whole. Jackfield pots are an unusual branch of the slipware.
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Treasure in the Thames