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The Necropolis Railway A Novel of Murder, Mystery and Steam

Paperback • 2003 • English • 1. edition

The Necropolis Railway A Novel of Murder, Mystery and Steam

By Andrew Martin

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About the book

The first in a major series of wonderfully atmospheric Edwardian railway adventures steeped in brilliantly realised historical detail. When Jim Stringer, a railway porter, moves from Yorkshire he finds the London of 1903 is a world of garish pubs and tawdry brothels, boxed in by towering blank-faced factories. Jim finds that his duties are mysteriously confined to a railway line that runs to an enormous cemetery. Still more perplexingly, the men he works alongside have formed an instant loathing...Show more

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ISBN

9780571209910

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Published year

2003

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Necropolis Railway A Novel of Murder, Mystery and Steam

Format

Paperback

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