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Underground, Overground
Andrew Martin
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Description for Underground, Overground
Paperback. Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? This book offers an informative history of everything you need to know about the Tube. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? The London Underground is the oldest, most sprawling and illogical metropolitan transport system in the world, the result of a series of botch-jobs and improvisations.Yet it transports over one billion passengers every year - and this figure is rising. It is iconic, recognised the world over, and loved and despised by Londoners in equal measure. Blending reportage, humour and personal encounters, Andrew Martin embarks on a wonderfully engaging social history of London's underground railway system (which despite its name, is in fact fifty-five per cent overground). Underground, Overground is a highly enjoyable, witty and informative history of everything you need to know about the Tube.
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846684784
SKU
V9781846684784
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin is a journalist and novelist. He has written for the Evening Standard, the Sunday Times, the Independent on Sunday the Daily Telegraph and the New Statesman among others. His 'Jim Stringer' series of novels based around railways are published by Faber.
Reviews for Underground, Overground
I would strongly endorse Martin's book as the stop to get on at
Will Self
Guardian
Martin's knowledge is both encyclopaedic and full of quirky digressions, based on everyday observation ... this history has plenty of fun detailing the travails of the Underground's pioneering figures
Evening Standard
A jaunty history ... studded with little observational gems ... he can occasionally stop you in your tracks with a well-turned phrase
Sunday Times
A sparky history of the tube ... honours the Underground, and glories in its oddities
Sunday Telegraph
Seeing Martin puzzle his way through the history is half the fun, as are his lively interlocutors ... the language is beautiful
Rose Jacobs
FT
For those who love a bit of darting about the Londinium subway whenever the chance comes, Underground, Overground will be a sweat-induced, claustrophobic treat
Brian Donaldson
The List
Hugely entertaining ... gives us all the lore and myths ... Underground, Overground captures the same zest, zaniness and sense of marvel shown in the recent BBC Two series The Tube.
Michael Binyon
Times
A highly engaging journey through the history and geography of the tube.
Jonathan Sale
Independent
An excellent "passenger's history" of the network... entertaining
Mark Mason
Spectator
If you've ever wondered who is responsible for the announcements on the Northern line, or why Bakerloo line trains don't have armrests, then this engaging and witty social history of the London underground is guaranteed to beguile. . . . Martin is a highly entertaining guide to the stygian depths of subterranean London in all its absurd, confusing glory. . . Offbeat anecdotes abound . . . a compact yet comprehensive study
Alexander Larman
Observer
No mere tube-spotter's manual, this is an elegantly written and witty history of London itself as well as its tube system, enriched by lierary referenecs and quotations
Katie Owen
Sunday Telegraph Seven
Will Self
Guardian
Martin's knowledge is both encyclopaedic and full of quirky digressions, based on everyday observation ... this history has plenty of fun detailing the travails of the Underground's pioneering figures
Evening Standard
A jaunty history ... studded with little observational gems ... he can occasionally stop you in your tracks with a well-turned phrase
Sunday Times
A sparky history of the tube ... honours the Underground, and glories in its oddities
Sunday Telegraph
Seeing Martin puzzle his way through the history is half the fun, as are his lively interlocutors ... the language is beautiful
Rose Jacobs
FT
For those who love a bit of darting about the Londinium subway whenever the chance comes, Underground, Overground will be a sweat-induced, claustrophobic treat
Brian Donaldson
The List
Hugely entertaining ... gives us all the lore and myths ... Underground, Overground captures the same zest, zaniness and sense of marvel shown in the recent BBC Two series The Tube.
Michael Binyon
Times
A highly engaging journey through the history and geography of the tube.
Jonathan Sale
Independent
An excellent "passenger's history" of the network... entertaining
Mark Mason
Spectator
If you've ever wondered who is responsible for the announcements on the Northern line, or why Bakerloo line trains don't have armrests, then this engaging and witty social history of the London underground is guaranteed to beguile. . . . Martin is a highly entertaining guide to the stygian depths of subterranean London in all its absurd, confusing glory. . . Offbeat anecdotes abound . . . a compact yet comprehensive study
Alexander Larman
Observer
No mere tube-spotter's manual, this is an elegantly written and witty history of London itself as well as its tube system, enriched by lierary referenecs and quotations
Katie Owen
Sunday Telegraph Seven