- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown (7 May 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1408700565
- ISBN-13: 978-1408700563
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 509,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
UNDERGROUND ENGLAND takes an extraordinary and original look at our island nation - from below. Stephen Smith quite literally delves into the unknown country underneath ploughed fields, clifftops and market towns. UNDERGROUND ENGLAND will explore rudimentary earth dwellings and hidden Cold War cities; sulphurous natural springs and manmade underground waterways; priest holes and subterranean nooks created with more sinister purposes in mind. The author visits the endless military tunnels built below Chatham since the Napoleonic Wars; and the secret labyrinth quarried out under Liverpool by a religious eccentric. He gets into tight spots with speleologists, and gamely ventures down haunted tunnels and into the mythical resting-places of English kings. A fascinating and eye-opening exploration of the world that lies beneath our feet.
About the Author
Stephen Smith is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who is regularly seen on TV as BBC Newsnight's Culture Correspondent. He lives in London.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This was an interesting subject but the book doesn't do it justice. It is written in a jokey style & most of the content comes from other authors. A lot of the places are not even underground. Don't waste your money here.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Too little genuine information buried under too many attempts to write something witty. The attempted humour often only loosely conected with the subject.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
I concur........ A dissapointment.
After reading Underground London I was looking forward to more of the same. I even ignored the Amazon reviews. I should have taken notice. I haven't even the will to finish it. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Powners
Not exactly what it says on the tin
I have really mixed emotions about this book. Much of the writing is very smart and witty, but ultimately it is long winded and only loosely connected with the subterranean. Read more
Published 22 months ago by David Carr
Few details padded out with waffle
I was so disappointed by this book. It provided the author with an opportunity to tell some fascinting fact packed stories about underground places yet singularly fails to do that. Read more
Published on 30 April 2010 by Badgerpaws
Travels beneath
It was very difficult to read! Terribly verbose and romanticised, the author takes far more pleasure from his use of tortured English than his informed accuracy. Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2010 by Theydon Bois
Disappointing
I had read negative reviews about the book but thought that I might see things more favourably as I am quite an enthusiast for all things underground. I was wrong. Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2009 by Tim
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