A new book by a Kent-born author has added another island to the Isle of Man’s geography.
Light by Margaret Elphinstone (pictured) is published by Canongate on July 6th, and features Ellan Bride, an island between the Isle of Man and the Calf.
The book tells the story of a replacement for a lighthouse owned by the Duke of Atholl in 1831.
Robert Stevenson has ordered the construction of a new one, threatening the livelihood of the family keeping the light.
Elphinstone, a professor of creative writing at the University of Strathclyde says she took her inspiration from Northern Lights taking over the Manx Lighthouse Board in 1815.
She spent an academic term here in the island researching its 19th-century history and the Celtic past.
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