Underground England by Stephen Smith

Underground England by Stephen Smith

For Stephen Smith, author of UNDERGROUND LONDON, beneath the dales and downs of England's green and pleasant land there exists another country, its equal in beauty and fascination. On his underworld odyssey from Newcastle to Brighton, from the Welsh Marches to the Suffolk coast, Smith uncovers smugglers' tunnels and drowned cities, burial mounds and underground waterfalls, and investigates the errant nuns and secret societies, the eighteenth-century rakes and troglodyte communities who have made the netherworld their home. Erudite, curious and unfailingly entertaining, UNDERGROUND ENGLAND is at once subterranean ghost train, rollercoaster ride, and passport to a mysterious other world.

** 'Erudite, appealing, inspiring * GUARDIAN *
** 'Smith is a well-informed, indefatigable guide * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
** 'An absorbing often humorous odysseyAt times the writing is so vivid that I felt like stooping for fear of hitting my head * Ian Thomson, INDEPENDENT *

Stephen Smith is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who is regularly seen on TV as BBC Newsnight's Culture Correspondent. He lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9780349120386
ISBN 10	0349120382
Titel	Underground England
Autor	Stephen Smith
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Little, Brown Book Group
Erscheinungsjahr	2010-02-04
Seitenanzahl	320
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