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Eleven Minutes Late
- A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain
Engelsk
Bogcover for Eleven Minutes Late af Matthew Engel, 9780330512374
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Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9780330512374
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0330512374
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
5 feb 2010
Størrelse i cm:
19,6 x 13,0 x 2,4
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
5 feb 2010
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Eleven Minutes Late

- A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain
Engelsk
Paperback 2010
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Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folklore - yet it is considered uncool to care about them.

For Matthew Engel the railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation''s ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humour, capacity for suffering and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has travelled the system from Penzance to Thurso, exploring its history and talking to people from politicians to platform staff.

Along the way Engel (''half-John Betjeman, half-Victor Meldrew'') finds the most charmingly bizarre train in Britain, the most beautiful branch line, the rudest railwayman, and - after a quest lasting decades - an Individual Pot of Strawberry Jam. Eleven Minutes Late is both a polemic and a paean, and it is also very funny.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9780330512374
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0330512374
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
5 feb 2010
Størrelse i cm:
19,6 x 13,0 x 2,4
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
5 feb 2010
Forfatter(e):
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