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On The Slow Train
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  • Published: 1 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409050896
  • Imprint: Preface Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 208
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On The Slow Train

Twelve Great British Railway Journeys

Formats & editions
Paperback
15 Apr 2011
EBook
1 May 2010
Audiobook
4 Nov 2010
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An unashamed tug at the heartstrings for a lost era, a time before Dr Beeching chopped the heart out of the British countryside. Renowned railway writer Michael Williams takes us on 12 of the most beautiful and historic railway journeys in Britain. Revised and updated for paperback.

This beautifully-packaged book will take the reader on the slow train to another era when travel meant more than hurrying from one place to the next, the journey meaning nothing but time lost in crowded carriages, condemned by broken timetables. On the Slow Train will reconnect with that long-missed need to lift our heads from the daily grind and reflect that there are still places in Britain where we can stop and stare. It will tap into many things: a love of railways, a love of history, a love of nostalgia.

This book will be a paean to another age before milk churns, porters and cats on seats were replaced by security announcements and Burger King. These 12 spectacular journeys will help free us from what Baudelaire denounced as 'the horrible burden of time.'

Updated for the paperback.
  • Published: 1 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409050896
  • Imprint: Preface Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 208
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About the author

Michael Williams

Michael Williams is a writer of plays, musicals, operas and novels and the Managing Director of Cape Town Opera in South Africa. He has written operas for young people based on African mythology, as well as the libretti for symphonic operas that have premiered around the world.
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