Fire and Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9781848872615
Publish date: October 1st 2009
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Few inventions did more to change life in Britain than the railways. Since the establishment of the first steam-powered lines in the early 19th century, they demolished locality, lowered the cost of goods, and made cheap travel a reality for millions of Britons. Yet as Christian Wolmar shows, this...