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Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations (Paperback)
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Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations (Paperback)
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Discover the architectural gems that are Britain's 100 Best Railway
Stations in this Sunday Times top 10 bestseller 'This is a cracker
. . . a beautiful book' Chris Evans It is the scene for our hopeful
beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of
coming and going, meeting, greeting and parting. It is an
institution with its own rituals and priests, and a long-neglected
aspect of Britain's architecture. And yet so little do we look at
the railway station. Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and
breadth of Great Britain, from Waterloo to Wemyss Bay, Betws-y-Coed
to Beverley, to select his hundred best railway stations. Blending
his usual insight and authority with his personal reflections and
experiences - including his founding the Railway Heritage Trust -
the foremost expert on our national heritage deftly reveals the
history, geography, design and significance of each of these
glories. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs
throughout, this joyous exploration of our social history shows the
station's role in the national imagination; champions the
engineers, architects and rival companies that made them possible;
and tells the story behind the triumphs and follies of these very
British creations. These are the marvellous, often undersung places
that link our nation, celebrated like never before. 'However
spectacular the book's photographs, it's the author's prowess as a
phrase-maker that keeps you turning the pages' The Times 'An
uplifting exploration of our social history' Guardian
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