Reviews
This book is a considerable achievement and
tells a remarkable story. The illustrations of industrial processes
and maritime scenes by Keith Shone are to be particularly commended...this
is a serious and worthy contribution to the maritime and industrial history
of Gwynedd."
Mariner's Mirror Vol.81
"What stimulates a special interest in this book is that it has a firm grasp
of scientific principles, and thus it is able to draw out the significance
of those industrial processes which so attracted those natural scientists of
old." - Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society.
"Following in the footsteps of the late Aled Eames, Hope has put in good
work tracing the often obscure little ships that used the harbour of Amlwch........there
are dozens of little ports like this around the British Isles...each with a
story. Most have at best, a tourist picture booklet with unreliable
anecdotal text.... Hope has lifted Amlwch out of that league, and one hopes
that his work will be imitated by devotees of other small ports." - The
Northern Mariner (Canada)