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Belles and Whistles: Journeys Through Time on Britain´s Trains
Andrew Martin
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Description for Belles and Whistles: Journeys Through Time on Britain´s Trains
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
In the heroic days of rail travel, you could dine on kippers and champagne aboard the Brighton Belle; smoke a post-prandial cigar as the Golden Arrow closed in on Paris, or be shaved by the Flying Scotsman's on-board barber. Everyone from schoolboys to socialites knew of these glamorous 'named trains' and aspired to ride aboard them. In Belles and Whistles, Andrew Martin recreates these famous train journeys by travelling aboard their nearest modern day equivalents. Sometimes their names have survived, even if only as a footnote on a timetable leaflet, but what has usually - if not always ... Read more
In the heroic days of rail travel, you could dine on kippers and champagne aboard the Brighton Belle; smoke a post-prandial cigar as the Golden Arrow closed in on Paris, or be shaved by the Flying Scotsman's on-board barber. Everyone from schoolboys to socialites knew of these glamorous 'named trains' and aspired to ride aboard them. In Belles and Whistles, Andrew Martin recreates these famous train journeys by travelling aboard their nearest modern day equivalents. Sometimes their names have survived, even if only as a footnote on a timetable leaflet, but what has usually - if not always ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781252130
SKU
V9781781252130
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About Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin is a journalist and author. His previous book for Profile, Underground, Overground[9781846684784], was a history of the London Underground. He has written for the Evening Standard, Sunday Times, Independent on Sunday, Daily Telegraph and New Statesman among others. His 'Jim Stringer' series of novels based around railways are published by Faber.
Reviews for Belles and Whistles: Journeys Through Time on Britain´s Trains
Whether describing his trips to Paris or Penzance, Martin is entertaining company, alive to the history of his route ... leaves you with renewed confidence that trains can still be the most civilised way to travel.
Orlando Bird
FT
A bittersweet journey of contrasts between romance and reality. Martin's wry, witty commentary punches more than just ... Read more
Orlando Bird
FT
A bittersweet journey of contrasts between romance and reality. Martin's wry, witty commentary punches more than just ... Read more