Railways
$30.66
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
4 April 2023
Summary
From Britain’s most popular railway historian, a concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world.
The arrival of the railways in the first half of the nineteenth century and their subsequent spread across every one of the world’s continents acted as a spur for economic growth and social change on an extraordinary scale. The ‘iron road’ stimulated innovation in engineering and architecture, enabled people and goods to move around the world more quick…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788549851 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788549856 |
| Author: | Christian Wolmar |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Apollo |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 4 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 134mm x 198mm |
| Series: | The Landmark Library |
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Critics Review
‘Christian Wolmar - always a stimulating writer - presents a lucid and engaging account of the far-reaching effects that trains have had upon society’
Christian Wolmar – always a stimulating writer – presents a lucid and engaging account of the far-reaching effects that trains have had upon society * The Railway & Canal Historical Society *
PRAISE FOR CHRISTIAN WOLMAR:
‘Witty, fluent and opinionated’ The Times, on To the Edge of the World.
‘Fascinating… An excellent examination of one the most extraordinary engineering feats of the 19th century’ Daily Express, on To the Edge of the World.
‘I can think of few better ways to while away those elastic periods awaiting the arrival of the next eastbound Circle Line train than by reading [this book]’
Christian Wolmar
Christian Wolmar is an author and broadcaster specialising in transport matters. He writes regularly for The Times and the Guardian. His many books include The Subterranean Railway; the bestselling Fire and Steam: How the Railways Transformed Britain; Railways and the Raj; and (for Head of Zeus, 2018) The Story of Crossrail.
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