In the 40 odd years between 1896—the year the Locomotives on Highways Act came into effect—and the Second World War, Britain was changed forever by the automobile. This rich, evocative, and entertaining book charts that fascinating chapter of social history.
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Peter Thorold was born in London and educated in the United States and Britain, reading history at New College, Oxford. His professional career was spent in the City as an insurance broker and as a director of a number of companies. He is the author of The London Rich (1999) a? 'crowded with vivid details and entertaining anecdotes ... it is also a serious work of scholarship' (Philip Ziegler)
amusing, informative and beautifully illustrated * Classic Cars * Peter Thorold's book is a well-researched anecdotal account of most areas of the motor car's influence in the period leading up to the Second World War. * The Independent on Sunday * a witty and engrossing ride ... This book will make you glad you hopped on board * Good Book Guide * compact, well-sprung and nippy * Daily Telegraph * Thorold's impressively well-grounded yet enormously enjoyable history reveals the remarkable impact the automobile had on our country and our lives. -- Michael Kerrigan * The Scotsman *
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