The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great BritainThis “interesting, insightful book” by the author of Deep South reveals “a side of Britain few visitors see” (The New York Times Book Review). After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great Britain to find out what the British were really like. The result is this perceptive, hilarious record of the journey. Whether in Cornwall or Wales, Ulster or Scotland, the people he encountered along the way revealed far more of themselves than they perhaps intended to display to a stranger. Theroux captured their rich and varied conversational commentary with caustic wit and penetrating insight. “A sharp and funny descriptive writer . . . Theroux is a good companion.” —The Times (London) |
Contents
3 The Branch Line to Hastings
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11 to Bognor Regis
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5 A Morning Train to the Isle of Wight
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6 The InterCity 125 to Plymouth
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7 The Cornish Explorer
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8 The Branch Line to Barnstaple
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23 to Londonderry
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53 to Belfast
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30 to Mallaig
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19 The Flyer to Cape Wrath
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40 to Aberdeen
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51 to Leuchars Junction
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22 The Last Train to Whitby
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23 Disused Railway Line
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9 The West Somerset Railway
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28 to Tenby
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32 to Criccieth
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20 to Llandudno Junction
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01 to Southport
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14 The West Cumbria Line
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15 The Boat Train to Ulster
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24 The North Norfolk Railway
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25 Striking Southend | |
Back Matter | |
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Spine | |
Other editions - View all
The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain Paul Theroux Limited preview - 2011 |
The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain Paul Theroux Limited preview - 2006 |
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