George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution - Brossura

Rolt, L. T. C.

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ISBN 10: 1445655217 ISBN 13: 9781445655215

Casa editrice: Amberley Pub Plc, 2016

Riassunto

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 Brunel and Thomas Telford, assesses their life and their work. This biography is a work of distinction in both the historical and social sense. It is written by one who adds engineering knowledge to biographical skill. E. W. Martin in the Listener Mr Rolt is a master of correct terminology and can even turn it to literary advantage where, under another hand, it would cumber context with jargon. This gift, coupled with his own practical knowledge of mechanical and civil engineering, has enabled the author to produce yet another contribution to English history, which would have been quite beyond the power of the academic historian. Edmund Vale in the Observer

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Informazioni sull?autore

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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Amberley Pub Plc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1445655217
• ISBN 13: 9781445655215
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 366
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile