{"product_id":"heligoland-past-and-present-9781847531902","title":"Heligoland, Past and Present","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alex Ritsema\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeligoland (spelled \"Helgoland\" in German) consists of two small German islands in the southeast of the North Sea, some 50 kilometres from the German mainland. The main - and the only inhabited - island has a length of less than two kilometres but it is one of the top-tourist destinations of northwest Germany. This book contains the first comprehensive history of Heligoland in the English language, including: its unique geology (with its cliffs and fossils); its seals, birds and plants; its legends of saints and pirates; its wreckers, fishermen, hunters and pilots; its turbulent military history, from the Middle Ages to the Nazis; accounts of eyewitnesses from various centuries; many line drawings, some historic ones and some made by the Dutch artist Anneke de Vries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lulu.com","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47588309106839,"sku":"9781847531902","price":822.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781847531902.webp?v=1774967689","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/heligoland-past-and-present-9781847531902","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}