London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets, (Paperback)

from Ma_Washigeri

Plus another half star. As I read it I felt as if it were an unstructured elegant list of facts (and I was glad it was so short) but by the chapter on the underground I was enthralled. Skimming back through the book after finishing it was much more satisfying than the first read through - the str...

from MiaCulpa

I read and enjoyed "London: The Biography" by Peter Ackroyd so I was looking forward to this companian piece. Sadly, it did not meet my expections; it seems Ackroyd had done a lot of research on underground London for "London: The Biography" but didn't use there for whatever reason and instead th...

from jphamilton

Doesn't everyone find tunnels, sewers, rats, explosions, bomb shelters, and the London Underground all enough to make a good little book out of? Well, maybe not every one of you, but it sure kept me entertained and educated for several hours. This small book offered a little bit about many topics...

from Ma_Washigeri

Plus another half star. As I read it I felt as if it were an unstructured elegant list of facts (and I was glad it was so short) but by the chapter on the underground I was enthralled. Skimming back through the book after finishing it was much more satisfying than the first read through - the str...

from beentsy

This was interesting, particularly from a scatology perspective, but it felt a bit all over the place. You could feel that the author was very passionate about the subject of this unseen part of London but then it just felt like you were running after them as they pointed at this and then this an...