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The North Road

Rob Cowen

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Description:‘Radical and beautiful. Haunted and haunting: Cowen tracks the London-Edinburgh highway […] A dazzlingly inventive work of literature.’ Robert MacfarlaneAt the heart of this book is a highway. The A1; The Great North Road. A 400-mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years.In this genre-defying and profoundly personal book, Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end on a journey through history, place, people and time. Weaving his own histories and memories with the layered landscapes he moves through, this is the story of an age, of coming to terms with time past and time passing, and the roads that lead us to where we find ourselves.Written in kaleidoscopic prose, The North Road is an unforgettable exploration of Britain’s great highway.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The North Road. To get started finding The North Road, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 377

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Hutchinson Heinemann

Release: 2025

ISBN: 1529152437

Description: ‘Radical and beautiful. Haunted and haunting: Cowen tracks the London-Edinburgh highway […] A dazzlingly inventive work of literature.’ Robert MacfarlaneAt the heart of this book is a highway. The A1; The Great North Road. A 400-mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years.In this genre-defying and profoundly personal book, Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end on a journey through history, place, people and time. Weaving his own histories and memories with the layered landscapes he moves through, this is the story of an age, of coming to terms with time past and time passing, and the roads that lead us to where we find ourselves.Written in kaleidoscopic prose, The North Road is an unforgettable exploration of Britain’s great highway.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The North Road. To get started finding The North Road, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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