George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution

Rolt, L. T. C.

ISBN 10: 184868164X / ISBN 13: 9781848681644

Published by Amberly Publishing, Gloucestershire, UK, 2009

About this Item

Rolt, L. T. C. GEORGE AND ROBERT STEPHENSON: THE RAILWAY REVOLUTION Gloucestershire, UK: Amberly Publishing 2009 Good 330 pp. 8vo. Pictorial soft cover shows some shelf wear, soiling, and pitting from scratches. Extremities are lightly bumped and rubbed, spine shows bumping and creasing. Textblock edges are soiled and stained, soiling to edges of some pages. Bottom corners of some pages have been creased. Binding is has loosened in some places and is partially cracked between pg. 146-147. Stated First Published 2009 with no other indicators. All text is legible, this book would make a great reading copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution
• Publisher: Amberly Publishing, Gloucestershire, UK
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184868164X
• ISBN 13: 9781848681644
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

The railways were the most revolutionary innovation of Victorian times. They carried Britain into the modern age with dramatic speed, transforming the pace and style of everyday life. We owe them to two men who, father and son, can lay claim to be the most important engineers of their time, George and Robert Stephenson. In this excellent biography L.T.C. Rolt author of Victorian Engineering and Thomas Telford, assesses their lives and their work.

About the Author

L.T.C. Rolt was born at Chester in 1910. From childhood he had been fascinated by the history of engineers and engineering, and his writing reflected his interest. His first book, Narrow Boat, published in 1944, describes a journey along the English canals during the twelve years that he lived afloat. His subsequent biographies of famous engineers, like his writings on railways and motor cars, show his concern to give the story of the Industrial Revolution as an imaginative and literary shape.