{"product_id":"the-gold-of-scapa-flow-donald-t-fairburn-9781534666313","title":"The Gold of Scapa Flow: Ideals Restored","description":"This is the story of an English family, a German family, and a curious detective who took twenty years to uncover a huge hoard of gold coins found in the shallow waters of a place called Scapa Flow. It is a desolate place. A huge body of water surrounded by the Orkney Islands, off the northern coast of Scotland. Go to Google Earth. You'll find it there; large enough to contain all the navies of the world combined  And this is where an entire fleet of seventy four German warships were simultaneously sunk, not in battle, but by the sailors who served aboard them. On the Twenty First of June in 1919, just seven days prior to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, these ships were scuttled by sailors who served aboard them rather than submit to the humility of surrender. Eleven magnificent battleships, five battle cruisers, eight light cruisers, and fifty destroyers were sacrificed to pride. This historic event is the basis of a story that deals with the dreams and foibles of men as they passed from the pride of the Victorian era, into a confused morality in the middle of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald T. Fairburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1534666311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781534666313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Donald T. Fairburn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45481963421951,"sku":"9781534666313","price":12.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5e081c3-d99e-4bde-a69f-35d8cb71011c.jpg?v=1715988182","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gold-of-scapa-flow-donald-t-fairburn-9781534666313","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}