{"product_id":"plimsoll-sensation","title":"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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57447525056894,"sku":"NW9780349117201","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349117201.jpg?v=1779352052","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/plimsoll-sensation","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}