Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain
by Engel, Matthew
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- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0230708986
- ISBN 13
- 9780230708983
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan,. 2009 9780230708983. First hardback edition in publisher's blue cloth with white title lettering to spine. First impression. Complete numberline. Like new. Fine/Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very good tightly bound clean and unmarked copy in a very good bright pictorial dust wrapper. No annotations or inscriptions. 324 pages including index. 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, humor, capacity for suffering and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has traveled 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 railway man, 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. Would make an excellent gift for anyone interested in railways. .
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-315) and index.
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1953
- Title
- Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain
- Author
- Engel, Matthew
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0230708986
- ISBN 13
- 9780230708983
- Publisher
- London: Macmillan, 2009 9780230708983
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- BRITISH TRAINS RAILWAYS TRANSPORT RAIL RAILROADS LOCOMOTIVES AUTOBIOGRAPHY MATTHEW ENGEL QSE
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