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Eleven Minutes Late

- A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain
Af: Matthew Engel Engelsk Paperback

Eleven Minutes Late

- A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain
Af: Matthew Engel Engelsk Paperback
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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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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.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9780330512374
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0330512374
Kategori: Jernbaner & Tog
Udg. Dato: 5 feb 2010
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 196mm
Forlag: Pan Macmillan
Oplagsdato: 5 feb 2010
Forfatter(e): Matthew Engel
Forfatter(e) Matthew Engel


Kategori Jernbaner & Tog


ISBN-13 9780330512374


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 352


Udgave


Længde 24mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 196mm


Udg. Dato 5 feb 2010


Oplagsdato 5 feb 2010


Forlag Pan Macmillan