Cornish Wrecking

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Described as 'a fantastic book' that definitively debunks the myth of deliberate wrecking in Cornwall. Alex Preston says the book 'absolutely put me straight' on the topic, explaining that there is 'almost zero record' of people deliberately luring ships onto rocks. The book argues the wrecker image was created by ship owners and insurers to discourage communities from salvaging shipwrecks.