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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.
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| 關於作者： |
Stephen Smith works for Channel 4 news and writes regularly
for the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
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