Underground England
Travels Beneath Our Cities and Country
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2009
Little, Brown (Verlag)
978-1-4087-0056-3 (ISBN)
Little, Brown (Verlag)
978-1-4087-0056-3 (ISBN)
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* A fascinating and illuminating travelogue and 'alternative' history of England, as seen from below ground
UNDERGROUND ENGLAND takes an extraordinary and original look at our island nation - from below. Stephen Smith quite literally delves into the unknown country underneath ploughed fields, clifftops and market towns. UNDERGROUND ENGLAND will explore rudimentary earth dwellings and hidden Cold War cities; sulphurous natural springs and manmade underground waterways; priest holes and subterranean nooks created with more sinister purposes in mind. The author visits the endless military tunnels built below Chatham since the Napoleonic Wars; and the secret labyrinth quarried out under Liverpool by a religious eccentric. He gets into tight spots with speleologists, and gamely ventures down haunted tunnels and into the mythical resting-places of English kings. A fascinating and eye-opening exploration of the world that lies beneath our feet.
UNDERGROUND ENGLAND takes an extraordinary and original look at our island nation - from below. Stephen Smith quite literally delves into the unknown country underneath ploughed fields, clifftops and market towns. UNDERGROUND ENGLAND will explore rudimentary earth dwellings and hidden Cold War cities; sulphurous natural springs and manmade underground waterways; priest holes and subterranean nooks created with more sinister purposes in mind. The author visits the endless military tunnels built below Chatham since the Napoleonic Wars; and the secret labyrinth quarried out under Liverpool by a religious eccentric. He gets into tight spots with speleologists, and gamely ventures down haunted tunnels and into the mythical resting-places of English kings. A fascinating and eye-opening exploration of the world that lies beneath our feet.
Stephen Smith is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who is regularly seen on TV as BBC Newsnight's Culture Correspondent. He lives in London.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.5.2009 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa |
ISBN-10 | 1-4087-0056-5 / 1408700565 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4087-0056-3 / 9781408700563 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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