{"product_id":"spy-who-stole-a-trawler","title":"Spy Who Stole a Trawler","description":"\u003cp\u003eA haul of forgotten tales of espionage, derring-do, triumph, disaster, heroes and villains trawled from our fishing fleets by acclaimed Hull-based writer, Brian W. Lavery. This collection includes the tale of the spy who stole a trawler and led the authorities on an 8,000- mile sea chase with just a penny atlas to guide him; ex-Roedean girl Dora Walker, a skipper before women could vote, who sailed with a pistol on her waist and tamed some tough fishermen too; Skipper Billy Euston who saved more from the Lancastria than were rescued from the Titanic, yet was all but erased from history by Winston Churchill; the group of women known as the ‘headscarf revolutionaries’ who battled to improve safety laws for fishermen; and many tragic fishing disasters and brave rescues, whose ripples lasted long in their local communities. Delve deep into this remarkable collection compiled by a writer described as ‘the undisputed expert of Fleet Street sea stories’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507842326901,"sku":"9781837052974","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/spy-who-stole-a-trawler","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}