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Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain
Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain | Paul Theroux
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It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince William--and the ideal time, Theroux found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves. The result is a candid, funny, perceptive, and opinionated travelogue of his journey and his findings.
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Leftcoastzen
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#savvysettings #train I read this so long ago , the author took this journey in the 1980s , Britain was in hard economic times.His conversations with people about the countryside , train travel history & what was then current was fascinating! Paul can be a curmudgeon, I thought it added to the charm.

Lcsmcat I‘ve had this on my shelf for a while. I should bump it up. 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🚂 📚👍🏻 2y
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OriginalCyn620 👌🏻💙🌊 5y
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Day 8 #TravelTuesday

I read this years ago, & thought it was fascinating. Most Brit travel writers are huge Anglophiles, so it was interesting to read something a bit more cynical.

#ReadingResolutions @jess7 #Travel #PaulTheroux #GreatBritain #England #UK

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"To be anonymous and traveling in an interesting place is an intoxication."

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Dragon Beware there be dragons 8y
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