{"product_id":"the-plimsoll-sensation-isbn-9780349117201","title":"The Plimsoll Sensation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors' lives and became a national hero\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A story of ambition, treachery, libel, political intrigue and cold-blooded murder on a mass scale' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nicolette Jones charts Plimsoll's course with skill, insight and elegance' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Splendid and meticulously researched' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the second half of the nineteenth century, an astonishing campaign stirred a nation to save the lives of the hundreds of British sailors who were drowning unnecessarily every year. Overladen and ill-repaired ships set sail, their doomed crews sacrificed while mercenary shipowners profited from the insurance. Samuel Plimsoll blew the whistle on these scandalous practices, devoting his life to a campaign for maritime reform. Plimsoll caught the public imagination: under his banner working men and women stood side by side with enlightened aristocrats and industrialists, their clamour almost toppling a prime minister.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abacus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891650064613,"sku":"NP9780349117201","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/ba7df675-8d37-472c-8852-ab0100ed273d.jpg?v=1767915256","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-plimsoll-sensation-isbn-9780349117201","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}