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The Lighthouse Stevensons: The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses by the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson nature and outdoor books and the roseFor centuries the seas around Scotland were notorious for shipwrecks. Mariners' only aids were skill, luck, and single coal fire light on the east coast, which was usually extinguished by rain. In 1786 the Northern Lighthouse Trust was established, with Robert Stevenson appointed as chief engineer a few years later. In this engrossing book, Bella Bathhurst reveals that the Robert Louis Stevenson not only supervised the construction of the lighthouses