Simon Bradley
Bradley's Railway Guide: A journey through two centuries of British railway history, 1825-2025
Bradley's Railway Guide: A journey through two centuries of British railway history, 1825-2025
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The Stockton & Darlington company's 1825 opening of the world's first public steam railway marked the beginning of a lifetime of railway love, which is now distilled into a beautiful volume by Lucy Worsley, David Kynaston, and Michael Palin. This comprehensive and easily digestible history of the oldest railway system in the world spans two centuries of achievement and change, revisiting favorite themes and introducing unfamiliar stories and places. With original and engaging entries on everything from dining saloons to collecting dogs, wartime salvage efforts, and the iconic Rail Alphabet, Simon Bradley gives George Bradshaw's famous 19th-century guide a run for its money in this fresh and distinctive chronicle of the making of Britain's railways.
Format: Hardback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 10 October 2024
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
A Lifetime of Railway Love Distilled into a Most Beautiful Volume: Lucy Worsley
Our Railway History Could Not Have Been Told More Palatably or More Nourishingly: David Kynaston
The Most Attractive, Comprehensive, and Easily Digestible History of the Oldest Railway System in the World: Michael Palin
In 1825, the Stockton & Darlington Company Strode into History with the Opening of the World's First Public Steam Railway. What the S&DR Had Pioneered Soon Picked Up Speed, Transforming Lives and Landscapes, Connecting Far-Flung Corners of the Nation and Creating Its Own Distinctive Environments and Working Worlds.
This Ambitious and Lavishly Illustrated Volume Brings the Story of Britain's Railways to Life, Spanning Two Centuries of Achievement and Change. Full of Colour and Incident, It Is an Exhilarating Journey Through Time and Space, Revisiting Favourite Themes and Introducing Unfamiliar Stories and Places.
With Original and Engaging Entries on Everything from Dining Saloons to Collecting Dogs, Wartime Salvage Efforts and the Iconic Rail Alphabet, Simon Bradley Gives George Bradshaw's Famous 19th Century Guide a Run for Its Money in This Fresh and Distinctive Chronicle of the Making of Britain's Railways.
Weight: 1370g
Dimension: 189 x 255 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781781259825
Edition number: Main
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