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Abandoned Places

Kieron Connolly

Steam trains half-buried in the desert, roller coasters entangled in trees, hulks of ships perched high and dry miles from water – images like these are bound to make us wonder: what happened here? From forgotten railway stations to flooded... Read moreRead less

Steam trains half-buried in the desert, roller coasters entangled in trees, hulks of ships perched high and dry miles from water – images like these are bound to make us wonder: what happened here?
From forgotten railway stations to flooded shopping malls, from secret Cold War bunkers to radiation zones, Abandoned Places explores more than 100 fascinating lost worlds from all around the globe. Surveying the ruins of industrial sites and military bases, ghost towns, holiday resorts and airports, the book explains the story of how each place came to be abandoned – whether through natural or chemical disaster, war, economic collapse, or changing tastes and customs. Throughout, though, a picture emerges, not only of what has been lost, but of what remains. Left to the elements but ignored by humanity, these ramshackle settlements and dilapidated structures illuminate times and designs that we thought were long gone.
With 150 outstanding colour photographs exploring hauntingly beautiful locations, Abandoned Places is a brilliant and moving pictorial examination of worlds we have left behind.

Abandoned series

Format: 297 x 227mm hb
Extent: 224pp
Word count: 10,000
Illustrations: 150 photos
ISBN: 9781782743941

Kieron Connolly

Kieron Connolly’s books include Abandoned Places, Abandoned Castles, Dark History of Hollywood and Bloody History of America. As a journalist he has written for the Daily Mail and The Times, and currently works for the Mail on Sunday.

ISBN: 9781782743941 hb

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