The Railway Navvies: A History of the Men who Made the Railways - Hardcover

Coleman, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1784082325 ISBN 13: 9781784082321

Publisher: Head of Zeus, 2015

Synopsis

Preached at and plundered, sworn at and swindled, the anarchic group of labourers who built the 19th century railway system in Great Britain, remodelled the countryside in a manner unparalleled since the construction of the cathedrals.

About this title

About the Author:

Terry Coleman is a historian, novelist, and award-winning reporter. His books include biographies of Olivier, Nelson, and the history of British and Irish emigration, Passage to America. His novel Southern Cross was a worldwide bestseller.

Review:

'Coleman's pioneering work of industrial history is handsomely illustrated with prints and photographs from the time with a new introduction from the most distinguished recent historian of the railways' The National (Glasgow). 'Coleman's vivid and perceptive study of Victorian railway navvies is something of a landmark' Guardian. 'A brilliant book about a magnificent and vanished race of men' Listerner. 'Absorbing detail presented so readably that no one with a spark of imagination and a twinge of interest in people could fail to find this book a pleasure' Evening Standard.

About this edition

• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1784082325
• ISBN 13: 9781784082321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320