Eight Bells and Top Masts: Diaries from a Tramp Steamer

The time is the late 1950s. It is the end of an era. The end of the trade in which an old converted coal-burning ship with a Chinese crew and a handful of British officers would tramp from port to port, picking up cargo where it could, never knowing where it, and they, would be heading next. Christopher Lee, respected historian and author of the highly acclaimed BBC radio series, 'This Sceptred Isle', worked on these ships as a boy, growing up quickly as he tramped around the world. He worked with rough, strange and fascinating men and faithfully recorded all he saw and heard in diaries that form the basis for this riveting record.

Title - Eight Bells and Top Masts: Diaries from a Tramp Steamer

Edition -

Author - Christopher Lee

ISBN 13 - 9780747264200

Imprint - Headline Review

Publisher - Headline Publishing Group

Date Published - 02/04/2002

Prize -

No. of pages - 256

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 128 x 195 x 16mm

Weight - 184 g

Languages - English