Channel Connelly Charlie
Channel Connelly Charlie A bulwark against invasion, a conduit for exchange and a challenge to be conquered, the English Channel - 21 miles wide at its narrowest point - represents much more than a…
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Channel Connelly Charlie
A bulwark against invasion, a conduit for exchange and a challenge to be conquered, the English Channel - 21 miles wide at its narrowest point - represents much more than a conductor of goods and people. We learn that Louis Bleriot was actually a terrible pilot, the tragic fate of the first successful Channel swimmer, and that if a man with a buttered head and pigs' bladders attached to his trousers hadn't fought off an attack by dogfish we might never have had a Channel Tunnel.Charlie Connelly uncovers remarkable tales of swimmers and flyers, pirates and soldiers, heroes and villains, pioneers and refugees. Criss-crossing the Channel, Charlie Connelly collects its stories and brings them vividly to life, from tailing Oscar Wilde's shadow through the dark streets of Dieppe to unearthing Britain's first beauty pageant at the end of Folkestone pier.
Their stories are all united by
Channel Connelly Charlie
Michael Connelly - Poet
Výstraha - Michael Connelly
CROSS†CHANNEL:
Narrows Connelly Michael
Strašák - Michael Connelly
Obhájce - Michael Connelly
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CHANNEL TUNNEL
Channel 4
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