The Kingdom by the Sea

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The Kingdom by the Sea (1983) is a written account of a three month long journey taken by novelist Paul Theroux round the United Kingdom in the summer of 1982. Starting his journey in London, he takes a train to Margate on the English coast. He then travels roughly clockwise round the British coastline, mainly by train, getting as far north as Cape Wrath. He ends his journey in Southend. 1982 was the summer of the Falklands War and the year when Prince William was born. Theroux find these subjects as well as many others to talk to the many people he meets on his journey.

[edit] Contents of Book

1. The 11.33 to Margate
2. An Evening Train to Deal
3. The Branch Line to Hastings
4. The 18.11 to Bognor Regis
5. A Morning Train to the Isle of Wight
6. The Inter-City 125 to Plymouth
7. The Cornish Explorer
8. The Branch Line to Barnstaple
9. The West Somerset Railway
10. The 16.28 to Tenby
11. The 10.32 to Criccieth
12. The 20.20 to Llandudno Junction
13. The 16.01 to Southport
14. The West Cumbria Line
15. The Boat Train to Ulster
16. The 10.24 to Derry
17. The 15.53 to Belfast
18. The Train to Mallaig
19. The Flyer to Cape Wrath
20. The 14.40 to Aberdeen
21. The 9.51 to Leuchars Junction
22. The Last Train to Whitby
23. Disused Railway Line
24. The North Norfolk Railway
25. Striking Southend