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Tying in with a BBC2 series, this book comprises accounts of six international train adventures undertaken by well-known personalities. Chat-show host Clive Anderson travels from Hong Kong to Mongolia; ballerina Natalia Makarova from St Petersburg to Tashkent; anti-apartheid author Rian Malan from Cape Town to Bophutatswana; actor and former Monty Python man Michael Palin from Derry to Kerry; novelist Lisa St Aubin de Teran from Santos to Santa Cruz; and BBC reporter Mark Tully from Karachi to the Khyber Pass. By using rail as his or her means of transport, each author was able to meet the people of a continent and witness changing cultures on the journey.
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240 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. Trains Have A Magic And Mystery Which Is Being Lost In The West As The Motor Car Takes Over. But In Many Parts Of The World They Are Still The Main Method Of Transport-accessible To All, Uniting Families, Forming Crucial Arteries Linking Societies.
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- PublisherBBC Books
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0563369442
- ISBN 13 9780563369448
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
- IllustratorEdmunds Tom Owen
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