Results for: books tagged ‘Railways’
The Blackpool Highflyer: Andrew Martin
A superbly atmospheric thriller of sabotage, suspicion and steam, The Blackpool Highflyer brings a new twist to tales of Edwardian England and amateur sleuthing. Assigned to drive holidaymakers to the ... More
The Necropolis Railway: Andrew Martin
When railwayman Jim Stringer moves to the garish and tawdry London of 1903, he finds his duties are confined to a mysterious graveyard line. The men he works alongside have ... More
The Permanent Way: David Hare
In 1991, before an election they did not expect to win, the Conservative government made a fateful decision to privatize the railways. As a result, the taxpayer subsidizes rail more ... More
The Lost Luggage Porter: Andrew Martin
York, Winter, 1906 – two brothers have been shot to death. Meanwhile, Jim Stringer meets the Lost Luggage Porter, humblest among the employees of the North Eastern Railway company. He ... More
Murder at Deviation Junction: Andrew Martin
December, 1909. A train hits a snow drift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process of clearing the line a body is discovered, and so begins a dangerous case ... More
First and Last Loves: John Betjeman
'Oh prams on concrete balconies, what will your children see? Oh white and antiseptic life in school and home and clinic, oh soul-destroying job with handy pension, oh loveless life ... More
The Railway in Town and Country, 1830-1914: Jack Simmons
Professor Jack Simmons was the most eminent railway historian of his time. His magnum opus was to have been a four volume study of the railways in England and Wales between ... More
The Railway in England and Wales, 1830-1914: Jack Simmons
Professor Jack Simmons was the most eminent railway historian of his time. His magnum opus was to have been a four volume study of the railways in England and Wales between ... More
Death on a Branch Line: Andrew Martin
The sweltering summer of 1911. Trouble is brewing with Germany. Half the country is on strike; the other half seems to be in flames. And in his most perplexing case ... More
The Mediterranean Passion: John Pemble
John Pemble here provides an Afterword to The Mediterranean Passion, his much-admired work of social history exploring the Edwardians' and Victorians' desire for foreign travel. More
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