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Bradshaw´s Guide Bradshaw at the Seaside: Britain´s Victorian Resorts
John Christopher
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Description for Bradshaw´s Guide Bradshaw at the Seaside: Britain´s Victorian Resorts
Paperback. Bradshaw's Guide provides a fascinating account of his railway travels at the Seaside. For the first time it is presented in a highly readable form in this new annotated volume, fully illustrated throughout with old and new colour images. Series: Bradshaw's Guide. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
Bradshaw's Guide of 1863 was the staple book on what's what and where's where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight into the world of the nineteenth-century railway travellers. The guide introduced the notion of seaside holidays to the general public and thanks to the railways it became possible for a town or city dweller to catch a train for a day-trip to the coast and still be home in time for supper. `Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside, I do like to be beside the sea! ... Read more
Bradshaw's Guide of 1863 was the staple book on what's what and where's where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight into the world of the nineteenth-century railway travellers. The guide introduced the notion of seaside holidays to the general public and thanks to the railways it became possible for a town or city dweller to catch a train for a day-trip to the coast and still be home in time for supper. `Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside, I do like to be beside the sea! ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Bradshaw's Guide
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445643823
SKU
V9781445643823
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-11
About John Christopher
John Christopher has written and edited a number of books on Engineering, Military History and Railway and Road Transport, specializing in the life and works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and being the series editor for Amberley's Bradshaw's Guides series. He has also appeared in Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys television series. In between writing books, he is a balloon ... Read more
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