Train Teasers
A Quiz Book for the Cultured Trainspotter
$18.67
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2023
Summary
When was smoking banned on trains? Which actor restored kippers to the menu of the Brighton Belle? What regular lineside event did Dickens describe as ‘a shave in the air’?
Perfect for a trivia night or a long trip, Train Teasers will both test your knowledge of this country’s rail system and enlighten you on the most colourful aspects of its long history. Meet trunk murderers, trainspotters, haters of railways, railway writers, Ministers for Transport good and bad, railway c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788163941 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 178816394X |
| Author: | Andrew Martin |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 136mm x 202mm |
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Critics Review
‘Praise for Andrew Martin:
‘Andrew Martin has cornered the train market. He is the Bard of the Buffer, the Balladeer of the Blue Train, the Laureate of Lost Property … the best sort of travel-writer: inquisitive, knowledgeable, lively, congenial’ - Mail on Sunday
‘Martin is entertaining company, alive to the history of his route … leaves you with renewed confidence that trains can still be the most civilised way to travel’ - FT
‘You do not have to be a trainspotter to enjoy this book. It is social history, a kind of epitaph to a way of travel that seems to be lost, at least in Europe’ - Spectator
Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin is a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction books, some with a railway theme.
His previous railway books include:
- Underground
- Overground
- Night Trains
- Belles & Whistles
- Steam Trains Today
He is also the author of Seats of London, about the seat coverings (or moquette) on London Tubes and buses.
Powder Smoke, the tenth title in Andrew’s award-winning series of novels featuring the railway policeman, Jim Stringer, was recently published in paperback. Other titles in this series include The Necropolis Railway, Death on a Branch Line, and The Last Train to Scarborough.
Andrew’s memoir, Yorkshire - There and Back, is out now in hardback.
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