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4%OFFDavid McKie - Riding Route 94: An Accidental Journey Through the Story of Britain - 9781910258347 - V9781910258347
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Riding Route 94: An Accidental Journey Through the Story of Britain

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Description for Riding Route 94: An Accidental Journey Through the Story of Britain Paperback. 'This is not a book about buses; it's a book about where buses can take you.' Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WGCF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .

On previous journeys through Britain, David McKie headed for places he had heard of and was eager to see. But how true, how representative a picture of the country could that provide? What, he wondered, might happen if he let chance dictate his itinerary?

McKie decides to travel only where he was taken by buses with the number 94, stopping off along the way to visit often unexpected places. Chance also takes the form of unexpected encounters at the bus stop or stumbling across some fascinating slice of local history in a country churchyard.

Eschewing such simplistic generalisations ... Read more

These buses will take David McKie across the idyllic Isle of Mull (where the driver pauses to let him drink in the view), to the furthest reaches of Cornwall ('in England, but certainly not of England'), through the post-industrial landscape of Middlesbrough, and to a whole host of places, some privileged, some bereft, some in between.

On this journey readers will discover unfamiliar places for the first time and see familiar places through fresh eyes.

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Product Details

Publisher
Pimpernel Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910258347
SKU
V9781910258347
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-14

About David McKie
David McKie is a former political reporter, deputy editor, chief leaderwriter and columnist ('Elsewhere' and 'Smallweed') for the Guardian. Born in London, he grew up in London and Leeds, read history at Oxford and started in newspapers with the Oxford Mail. After the Guardian, he turned to writing books, which have included Jabez: the Rise and Fall of a Victorian ... Read more

Reviews for Riding Route 94: An Accidental Journey Through the Story of Britain
"His writing has a quality of restful immediacy: unhurried, curious, and totally absorbed. Rich in anecdote, aesthetically sensitive, historically accurate, and wonderfully witty."
The Tablet
"McKie works hard at his extreme bussing. Riding Route 94 gives us a potted history of everywhere goes, with some reflective observations about how things were and how they ought to be, and ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Riding Route 94: An Accidental Journey Through the Story of Britain


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