The Gift Of A Sea. A Short History of Yachting in the Mediterranean. Краткая история яхтинга в Средиземном море

Издание на английском языке
I have loved the Mediterranean with passion, no doubt because I am a northerner like so many others in whose footsteps I have followed. I have joyfully dedicated long years of study to it - much more than all my youth. In return, I hope that a little of this joy and a great deal of Mediterranean sunlight will shine from the pages of this book. Ideally perhaps one should, like the novelist, have ones subject under control, never losing it from sight and constantly aware of its overpowering presence... The reader who approaches this book in the spirit I would wish will do well to bring with him his own memories, his own vision of the Mediterranean to add colour to the text and to help me conjure up this vast presence, as I have done my best to do.
Сontents
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Middle Ages to the Renaissance
The Romantic Poets in the Mediterranean
Writers and Painters: The French Take to the Water
The Victorians
The Americans are Coming
Two World Wars and the Great Depression: Early 20th Century to WWII
Post WWII to the 1960’s
The Rich and the Super Rich Part I: Greek Tragedy
The Flotilla Story
The 1960’s to the 21st Century
Doing It on a Shoestring: Small Yacht Exploits in the Mediterranean
The Rich and the Super Rich Part II: Superyachts Galore
The Yacht Charter Scene Today
The Mediterranean Today: 2000 to 2019
From the Periplus of Skylax to the Digital Age
Bibliography
Index