Category:
Railway History
ISBN Number:
978-1-84354-630-6
Name of Publisher:
Atlantic Books, London
Edition of the Book:
First Edition
Print Year:
2007
Print Location:
United Kingdom
Where to buy:
Amazon UK
One of the most lucid book on how the railways began in Britain and hence the world and how it transformed the world. Written in a racy style it shows how masterfully Christian Wolmar can make complex railway history in to a fun reading. There is a beautiful chapter on railway accidents where we will see that the great novelist Charles Dickens played a role in the development of safety protocols on the railway.