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by Hunter Davies (Author)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 2nd Revised edition edition (25 Mar 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0460860992
  • ISBN-13: 978-0460860994
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 43,156 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A beautifully written, fascinating look at the Internet revolution of the 19th century, the creation and spread of the Telegraph.


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Hunter Davies is the author of over thirty books which include such modern classics as the authorised biography of The Beatles, The Glory Game and A Walk Around the Lakes. He has written several other walking books and also a travel biography of Christopher Columbus which took him to the West Indies and the Americas. He is also well known as a broadcaster and journalist and writes for the Independent, Sunday Times, Daily Mail and New Statesman. He is married to the novelist and biographer Margaret Forster.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Old Book Re-issued, 14 Jan 2005
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This review is from: A Walk Along The Tracks: Britain's Disused Railway Lines (Paperback)
As a keen walker and railway history enthusiast,I looked forward to reading this book. It was only after receiving it and reading the introduction, plus the description of the first walk, that I realised it was, in fact, over 20 years old (having first been published in 1982)!
This probably makes all the information in it totally irrelevant and of little use to anyone wishing to walk the lines in question.
Had I known this, I definitely would not have bought it and feel rather cheated that it's actual age is not prominently displayed in your description.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Selected chapters only, 6 Mar 2009
By Andrew Walker "andrewwalker66" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Walk Along The Tracks: Britain's Disused Railway Lines (Paperback)
What is it about disused railway lines and railway memories? When I was born most lines had already gone out of use so why would I buy this book? I guess it is an attempt to hang on to a bit of a past, an age when times were better - nothing bad ever happened on a steam train, did it? I'm certainly not coming to this as a railway enthusiast or someone who is serious about memorabilia, just an armchair reader with a passing interest.
This book describes 10 walks along disused sections of railway line, selected to cover different areas of Britain (although Northern Ireland, south Wales, west Scotland and so on are not considered).
The book is ...ok. To be honest, it didn't live up to my expectations. I was expecting something a bit more evocative; instead it sounds like a series of articles for a Sunday newspaper magazine strung together. Walk a bit of the track, do an interview, lob in some background research, write it up and move on.
Maybe I am being unfair: if you are using this as a touring guide it might be excellent. For an armchair reader the book was most relevant in describing an area of the country you know or are interested in. The final chapter on the Ally Pally line in north London will appeal to a lot of people for that reason. I also enjoyed the chapter on the Deeside Line as an area I partly know. Some of the other chapters hardly registered with me at all, though.
Another frustration is the number of pictures. Davies is frequently describing what he saw, but you often want to see it for yourself - I found it best to sit in front of Google while reading and typing in names of old stations to an image search.
So, worth a look, but maybe only in the expectation of reading one or two chapters; the Amazon website has the Search Inside facility so study the contents page first and think about how many of these you are really going to be itnerested in.
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4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read, 11 May 2004
This review is from: A Walk Along The Tracks: Britain's Disused Railway Lines (Paperback)
This book is written in a good style with plenty of decent information. But is definitely only for people who have an interest in the subject (I read it after buying it for a train enthusiast)
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