Destined to Be a Sleeper Hit the Follow-Up to Christian Wolmar's History of Railways in Britain Will Not Just Appeal to Anoraks, Argues Trevor Royle
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BLOOD, IRON AND GOLD: HOW THE RAILWAYS TRANSFORMED THE WORLD Christian Wolmar Atlantic Books GBP25
Writing highly specialised history is perhaps the most demanding undertaking in the book world's niche markets. Take railways. The writer who includes too much close detail will be branded a trainspotter. The writer who depends too heavily on illustrations and photographs will be written off as a coffee-table artist .See the full content of this document
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Destined to Be a Sleeper Hit the Follow-Up to Christian Wolmar's History of Railways in Britain Will Not Just Appeal to Anoraks, Argues Trevor Royle
That doesn't mean there have not been some notable railway historians who have also been good writers. OS Nock and Michael Robbins spring to mind, and to their number must now be added Christian Wolmar, whose ...
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