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Ian Marchant - Parallel Lines: Or Journeys on the Railway of Dreams - 9780747565789 - KHS0047713
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Parallel Lines: Or Journeys on the Railway of Dreams

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Description for Parallel Lines: Or Journeys on the Railway of Dreams Paperback. Keywords: "History,Reference & Languages,Reference & Languages - Transportation"
For 175 years the British have lived with the railway, and for a long while it was a love affair - the grandeur of the Victorian heyday, the glorious age of steam, the romance of Brief Encouter. Then the love affair turned sour - strikes, bad food, delays, disasters...Parallel Lines tells the story of these two railways: the real railway and the railway of our dreams. Travelling all over Britain, Ian Marchant examines the history of the British railway and meets those who still hold the railways close to their hearts - the model railway enthusiasts, the train-spotters and bashers ... Read more

Product Details

Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747565789
SKU
KHS0047713
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-4

About Ian Marchant
Ian Marchant has written two novels, In Southern Waters and The Battle for Dole Acre. He has run a second-hand bookshop, and is a comedian, singer, song-writer and cabaret performer. Parallel Lines is his first work of non-fiction.

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