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The Tunnel Through Time: Discover the secret history of life above the Elizabeth line
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Newly opened by Queen Elizabeth II herself, discover the history and secret stories of the people who’ve lived above London’s newest trainline.Crossrail, or the ‘Elizabeth’ line, is just the latest way of traversing the very old east-west route through the former countryside, into the capital, and out again. Throughout The Tunnel Through Time, renowned historian Gillian Tindall uncovers the lives of those who walked this ancient path. These people spoke the names of ancient farms, manors and slums that now belong to our squares and tube stations. Visiting Stepney, Liverpool Street, Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street, Tindall traces the course of many of these historical journeys across time as well as space. ‘Enchanting’ Sunday Telegraph’Deftly weaves together archaeology, social history, politics, myth, religion and philosophy’ The Times’Fully of lively vignettes’ Spectator
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| Weight | 0.223 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.9 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Language | |
| Pages | 320 |
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| Year Published | 2017-9-7 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099587793 |
| About The Author | Gillian Tindall is a master of miniaturist history, well known for the quality of her writing and the scrupulousness of her research; she makes a handful of people, a few locations or a dramatic event stand for the much larger picture, as her seminal book The Fields Beneath, approached the history of Kentish Town, London. She has also written on London's Southbank (The House by the Thames), on southern English counties (Three Houses, Many Lives), and the Left Bank (Footprints in Paris), amongst other locations, as well as biography and prize-winning novels. She has lived in the same London house for over fifty years. |
Tindall has an eye for a good line. Her sources are eclectic and illuminating…The Tunnel Through Time is a book to savour. It is subtle, considered and powerfully evocative of London's "changeful" landscape. |
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| Other text | Tindall is a sure-footed, even revelatory guide to the treasures of London that Crossrail has unintentionally brought to our notice. |
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