Eleven Minutes Late
Download Eleven Minutes Late full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Eleven Minutes Late ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Eleven Minutes Late
Author | : Matthew Engel |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2010-02-05 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0230740413 |
Download Eleven Minutes Late Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
Eleven Minutes Late Related Books
Pages: 356
Pages: 1052
Pages: 936
Pages: 289
Pages: 974