Underground London (A Stroll in the Gilded City's Depths)

Author: (English) Smith, translated by Gu Xu
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The author's task is to make "the past" linger behind the "tODAY" as a bass note. And what is meant by "the past" is a consciousness—to understand that it is all the dead of London who have given birth to this eternal favorite. —Ford Madox Ford, The Soul of London
London has inspired many writers, but the book before you is somewhat unique. It explores the life and history of the city from below ground. The author meets workers digging tunnels in an underground church vault and then travels with them through many parts of the city: ancient rivers beneath famous streets, tunnels beneath Hampton Court used by the king's mistresses as secret passages, Victorian sewers, government secret underground bunkers, cellars filled with all kinds of strange treasures, abandoned underground stations, unused postal underground transport tracks, and secret rooms beneath Westminster Palace where famous conspiracies were plotted.
The author's task is to make "the past" linger behind the "tODAY" as a bass note. And what is meant by "the past" is a consciousness—to understand that it is all the dead of London who have given birth to this eternal favorite. —Ford Madox Ford, The Soul of London
London has inspired many writers, but the book before you is somewhat unique. It explores the life and history of the city from below ground. The author meets workers digging tunnels in an underground church vault and then travels with them through many parts of the city: ancient rivers beneath famous streets, tunnels beneath Hampton Court used by the king's mistresses as secret passages, Victorian sewers, government secret underground bunkers, cellars filled with all kinds of strange treasures, abandoned underground stations, unused postal underground transport tracks, and secret rooms beneath Westminster Palace where famous conspiracies were plotted.