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A Christmas hardback with tremendous sales potential. Blood, Iron and Gold tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways, stimulating economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale.

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The epic tale of America's railroads-the largest rail network in the world-and how they built a modern nation

Written by Christian Wolmar, author of the critically acclaimed The Great Railroad Revolution, The Iron Road is a richly illustrated account of the rise of the rails across the world. From the historic moment in September 1830 when the first train ran between Liverpool and Manchester, to the high speed trains bulleting across Asia and Europe, The Iron Road: An Illustrated History of the Railroad looks at how railroads have changed the world. P...

The dramatic 100-year history of how trains became weapons, and transformed forever the nature of war

The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Miranda Seymour, Daily Telegraph

Tells the dramatic story of how the railways revolutionised the nature of warfare, ushering in an age of industrialised conflicts in which wars were fought on a previously unimaginale scale. Christian Wolmar's epic account is counterpointed by a wealth of human stories of personal endeavour and private tragedy. Taking in every major conflict in which the 'iron roads' have played a part, this is an awe-inspiring tale of industrial might and the...

Appena quindici anni dopo la battaglia di Waterloo, il 15 settembre 1830, l'inaugurazione della ferrovia Liverpool-Manchester segnò l'inizio di una rivoluzione senza precedenti nella storia del trasporto delle persone e delle merci. A partire da quei primi 45 chilometri, percorsi non senza incidenti, il 'cavallo di ferro' avrebbe infatti conosciuto un successo tale che in meno di un secolo l'intero pianeta fu solcato da una fitta e ramificata ...

To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travel--full of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and cultural events, and almost inconceivable feats of engineering. Christian Wolmar passionately recounts the improbable origins of the Trans-Siberian railroad, the vital artery for Russian expansion that spans almost 6, 000 miles and seven time zones from Moscow to Vladivostok. The world's longest tra...

The epic story of the world's longest and greatest railway, as told by Britain's bestselling transport historian.

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If you have ever wondered why the roads are congested, the trains are full and the buses are no longer running, this book provides the answers. The UK has never had a proper transport policy and it desperately needs one to address the twin challengers of getting people around cheaply and safely, while safeguarding the environment.

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Christian Wolmar is a writer and broadcaster. He writes regularly for the Independent and Evening Standard, and appears frequently on TV and radio. His previous books include the widely acclaimed The Subterranean Railway, a history of the London underground and On the Wrong Line, an account of rail privatization.

From Panama to Punjab, from Tasmania to Turin, Wolmar shows how cultures were enriched, and destroyed, by one of the greatest global transport revolutions of our time, and celebrates the visionaries and laborers responsible for its creation.