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On the Slow Train: Twelve Great British Railway Journeys

On the Slow Train: Twelve Great British Railway Journeys Hardcover - 2010

by Williams, Michael

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London: Preface Publishing, 2010. Book. As New. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 208 pages, 355g. Black cloth boards As NEW in an FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs in the text. This book will be a paean to another age before milk churns, porters, and cats on seats were replaced by security announcements and Burger King. These twelve spectacular journeys will help free us from what Baudelaire denounced as "the horrible burden of time.".
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Michael Williams writes widely on railways for many publications, including the "Daily Mail," the" Independent," the "Independent on Sunday," the "New Statesman," the "Oldie," and the railway specialist press. He is currently senior lecturer in the School of Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Central Lancashire. He commutes regularly by train on the 440-mile return journey between his home in London's Camden Town and his office at Preston in Lancashire.

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