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Railways and the Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India by Christian Wolmar
Category: History
India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. There were vast riches to be exploited and vast numbers of people to be subjugated. How better to achieve these aims than by building a rail network that facilitated the export of raw material and made it easier for troops to travel around the coun ...Show more
The Great Railway Revolution: The Epic Story of the American Railroad by Christian Wolmar
Category: Transport
In The Great Railway Revolution, Christian Wolmar tells us the extraordinary one-hundred-and-eighty-year story of the rise, fall and ultimate shattering of the greatest of all American endeavours, of technological triumph and human tragedy, of visionary pioneers and venal and rapacious railway barons. H ...Show more
The Great Railway Revolution: The Epic Story of the American Railroad by Christian Wolmar
Category: Transport
In the 1830s, The United States underwent a second revolution. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line, the first American railroad, set in motion a process which, by the end of the century, would enmesh the vast country in a latticework of railroad lines, small-town stations and magisterial termin ...Show more
The Iron Road: The Illustrated History of Railways by Christian Wolmar
Category: Transport
This is a fascinating journey through the history of railways. From the early steam trains to the high-speed bullet trains of today, The Iron Road tells the hidden stories of railway history- the inspired engineering, blood, sweat and tears that went into the construction of the railways. Uncover the co ...Show more
The Liberation Line: The Last Untold Story of the Normandy Landings by Christian Wolmar
Category: History
The epic story of the railwaymen who ensured Allied victory in World War Two, published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary of D-Day, by Britain's best-loved railway writer.
The Story of Crossrail by Christian Wolmar
Category: History
The story of an engineering marvel of the twenty-first century, from Britain's bestselling railway writer. In autumn 2019, Europe's biggest infrastructure project - a state-of-the-art cross-London railway - will finally come to fruition. From Reading and Heathrow in the west, the Elizabeth line will ex ...Show more
The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How it Changed the City Forever by Christian Wolmar
Category: History
Since the Victorian era, London's Underground has had played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. In The Subterranean Railway, Christian Wolmar celebrates the vision and determination of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made the world's first, and still the largest, underground ...Show more
To the Edge of the World - The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway by Christian Wolmar
Category: Transport
It is the world's longest railway line. But it is so much more than that, too. The Trans-Siberian stretches nearly 6,000 miles between Moscow and Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast and was the most ambitious railway project in the nineteenth century. A journey on the railway evokes a romantic roam through ...Show more
To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway by Christian Wolmar
Category: Transport
Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial role the line played in both the Russian Civil War ...Show more