Fire & Steam
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780753156841 (0753156849)
Publish date: June 1st 2009
Publisher: Isis
Pages no: 504
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...