Underground England
Travels Beneath Our Cities and Country
Nonfiction, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel
| Author: | Stephen Smith | ISBN: | 9780748123933 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group | Publication: | December 2, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Abacus | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stephen Smith |
| ISBN: | 9780748123933 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Publication: | December 2, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Language: | English |
UNDERGROUND ENGLAND takes an extraordinary and original look at our island nation - from below.
Stephen Smith quite literally delves into the unknown country underneath ploughed fields, clifftops and market towns. UNDERGROUND ENGLAND will explore rudimentary earth dwellings and hidden Cold War cities; sulphurous natural springs and manmade underground waterways; priest holes and subterranean nooks created with more sinister purposes in mind. The author visits the endless military tunnels built below Chatham since the Napoleonic Wars; and the secret labyrinth quarried out under Liverpool by a religious eccentric. He gets into tight spots with speleologists, and gamely ventures down haunted tunnels and into the mythical resting-places of English kings. A fascinating and eye-opening exploration of the world that lies beneath our feet.
UNDERGROUND ENGLAND takes an extraordinary and original look at our island nation - from below.
Stephen Smith quite literally delves into the unknown country underneath ploughed fields, clifftops and market towns. UNDERGROUND ENGLAND will explore rudimentary earth dwellings and hidden Cold War cities; sulphurous natural springs and manmade underground waterways; priest holes and subterranean nooks created with more sinister purposes in mind. The author visits the endless military tunnels built below Chatham since the Napoleonic Wars; and the secret labyrinth quarried out under Liverpool by a religious eccentric. He gets into tight spots with speleologists, and gamely ventures down haunted tunnels and into the mythical resting-places of English kings. A fascinating and eye-opening exploration of the world that lies beneath our feet.
