Bradshaw's Handbook
Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s - Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile. Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the better off, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past. This is a facsimile of the actual book - often referred to as 'Bradshaw's Guide' - that inspired the 'Great British Railway Journey…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-908402-45-5
- EAN: 9781908402455
- Produktnummer: 17913743
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 512 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 21'992 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
George Bradshaw (1801-1853) was an English cartographer, printer and publisher. He is most famous for developing a series of railway timetables and guides. The books became synonymous with its publisher so that, for Victorians and Edwardians alike, a railway timetable was 'a Bradshaw'. After his death Punch magazine said of Bradshaw's labours: 'seldom has the gigantic intellect of man been employed upon a work of greater utility.'
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