Publisher's Synopsis
British photographer Simon Roberts has travelled the coastline of Britain to create a comprehensive and fascinating photographic record of the country's remaining pleasure piers, in homage to these monuments of Victorian engineering and eccentricity. The pleasure pier follows the story of Britain's relationship to the seaside, from the early links with the Romantics, to the engineering feats and technical advancement of the Industrial Revolution. Roberts documents the remaining piers using his signature landscape style, echoing the style and tone of his acclaimed book We English.
