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Underground London
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LENGTH12 hrs and 6 mins
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RELEASE DATE04/11/2010
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
What is visible to the naked eye has been exhaustively raked over; in Underground London, acclaimed travel writer Stephen Smith provides an alternative guide and history of the capital. It's a journey through the passages and tunnels of the city, the bunkers and tunnels, crypts and shadows. As well as being a contemporary tour of underground London, it's also an exploration through time: Queen Boudicca lies beneath Platform 10 at King's Cross (legend has it); Dick Turpin fled the Bow Street Runners along secret passages leading from the cellar of the Spaniards pub in North London; the remains of a pre-Christian Mithraic temple have been found near the Bank of England; on the platforms of the now defunct King William Street Underground, posters still warn that 'Careless talk costs lives'.
Stephen Smith uncovers the secrets of the city by walking through sewers, tunnels under such places as Hampton Court, ghost tube stations, and long lost rivers such as the Fleet and the Tyburn. This is 'alternative' history at its best.
©2004 Steven Smith (P)2009 Oakhill Publishing
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What Members Say
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"Shame about the narrator"
I enjoyed this book and it is full of interesting facts and stories about what lies beneath the metropolis. The only off putting thing is it is written by a man and read by a woman and for some reason it does not quite work.
But never the less a good 'easy' listen and you can dip in and out which is good if like me you listen in bed and fall asleep and have to keep re winding!5 of 5 people found this review helpful -
"Gender confusion"
I would like to know why they chosen to have a book written from a man's point of view read by a woman?
It does detract from the experience.2 of 2 people found this review helpful -
"Interesting but wrong narrator"
In agreement with previous reviews - subject matter is riveting, but why was this read by a woman when written by a man?
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"Interesting and engaging but..."
This book held my interest and is written in an accessible and engaging style. I enjoyed it and found much of it fascinating. The 'but' is that although it has been written in a clearly male voice it is read with a female voice, at times, this just sounds wrong.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful