Description
Product ID: | 9781843547730 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Giants of Steam |
Subtitle: | The Great Men and Machines of Rail's Golden Age |
Authors: | Author: Jonathan Glancey |
Page Count: | 384 |
Subjects: | Industrialisation and industrial history, Industrialisation & industrial history, Trains and railways: general interest, Trains & railways: general interest |
Description: | Select Guide Rating From Jonathan Glancey, the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography, comes his new bestseller telling the incredible story of the last days of the great steam locomotives. The thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advocates of steam''s glory days pushed its design and performance to remarkable limits, taking these powerful and beautifully designed machines to new heights against a backdrop of the political upheavals and military conflicts of the mid twentieth century. |
Imprint Name: | Atlantic Books |
Publisher Name: | Atlantic Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-07-04 |