London Under
by:
Peter Ackroyd (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780701169916 (0701169915)
Publish date: April 7th 2011
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Finally found out what a catafalque was, thanks to this book. Really dark and dreary. Like Dirty Jobs meets a Mary Roach book.
"Tread carefully over the pavements of London for you are treading on skin, a skein of stone that covers rivers and labyrinths, tunnels and chambers, streams and caverns, pipes and cables, springs and passages, crypts and sewers, creeping things that will never see the light of day." (p. 1)"The bomb...
"Tread carefully over the pavements of London for you are treading on skin, a skein of stone that covers rivers and labyrinths, tunnels and chambers, streams and caverns, pipes and cables, springs and passages, crypts and sewers, creeping things that will never see the light of day." (p. 1)"The bomb...
Parts of the book were really interesting. The first chapter describes London sinking and how things are constantly being built over to the point where I wasn't surprised a King would turn up under a parking lot. The chapters about the subway and how the underground was used during WWII were also ...
Other reviewers have said it all. It's rambly, and would have made a cracking good essay, but it feels padded, which is odd when it's such a short book. Interesting topic, treated poorly.The layout is rather nice though, typography and chapter title pages. (Damning with faint praise much?)
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