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Author: Anthony Dawson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2019-11-15
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1445679744
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor Anthony Dawson explores a fascinating collection of images of the Victorian and Edwardian railway.
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Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 136
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Simon Bradley
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2015-09-24
Total Pages: 607
ISBN-13: 1847653529
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSunday Times History Book of the Year 2015 Currently filming for BBC programme Full Steam Ahead Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years. Transforming lives and landscapes, they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism. As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules and traditions, the network also exerts a fascination all its own. From the classical grandeur of Newcastle station to the ceaseless traffic of Clapham Junction, from the mysteries of Brunel's atmospheric railway to the lost routines of the great marshalling yards, Simon Bradley explores the world of Britain's railways, the evolution of the trains, and the changing experiences of passengers and workers. The Victorians' private compartments, railway rugs and footwarmers have made way for air-conditioned carriages with airline-type seating, but the railways remain a giant and diverse anthology of structures from every period, and parts of the system are the oldest in the world. Using fresh research, keen observation and a wealth of cultural references, Bradley weaves from this network a remarkable story of technological achievement, of architecture and engineering, of shifting social classes and gender relations, of safety and crime, of tourism and the changing world of work. The Railways shows us that to travel through Britain by train is to journey through time as well as space.
Author: Mark Casson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2009-09-10
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13: 0199213976
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternative network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done.
Author: Kate Colquhoun
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2013-04-30
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1590208862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis story of a real-life Victorian mystery is a “meticulously researched true-crime account . . . its final revelation is a showstopper” (The New York Times). In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was traveling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He boarded a first-class carriage on the 9:45 pm Hackney service of the North London railway. A short time later, two bank clerks entered the compartment and noticed blood pooled in the seat cushions and smeared all over the floor and windows. But there was no sign of Thomas Briggs. All that remained was his ivory-knobbed walking stick, his empty leather bag, and a bloodstained hat that, strangely, did not belong to Mr. Briggs. The race to identify the killer and catch him as he fled on a boat to America was eagerly followed by the public on both sides of the Atlantic. The investigation and subsequent trial became a fixture in New York newspapers—and a frequent distraction from the Civil War that ravaged the nation. In Murder in the First-Class Carriage, Gold Dagger Award nominee Kate Colquhoun tells the gripping tale of a crime that shocked an era. “A suspenseful, well-paced account of a baffling mystery.” —The Washington Post “Deploying her skill as a historian, Colquhoun turns a single curious murder case into a fascinatingly quirky portrait of the underside of mid-Victorian London. I found it unputdownable.” —Daily Telegraph
Author: Brian Joyce
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2014-07-15
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1445633000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplore a unique and charming look at the history of Chatham and its local inhabitants, through a fascinating collection of photographs.
Author: Stephen Colclough
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-07-12
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 0230590543
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all pervasive. From wealthy readers of 'amatory fiction', through to men and women reading surreptitiously at the Victorian railway bookstall, it argues that a variety of new reading communities emerged during this period.
Author: Joseph Earp
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-02-15
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 1445656574
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Nottingham has changed and developed since Victorian and Edwardian times.
Author: William S. Peterson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9780198184034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis bibliography describes all John Betjeman's known writings, including his own books, contributions to periodicals and to books by others, lectures, and radio and television programs. Other categories include editorships and interviews, as well as a section devoted to writings about him. Manuscripts and drafts of his works are described in detail.
