Cathedrals of Steam

Cathedrals of Steam

How London's Great Stations Were Built - And How They Transformed the City

Wolmar, Christian

Atlantic Books

11/2021

352

Mole

Inglês

9781786499226

15 a 20 dias

345

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1: Starting slowly 2: The railway in the sky 3: The first cathedrals 4: A modicum of order 5: Breaching the City walls 6: Upstaging King's Cross - or not? 7: Southern invasion 8: The three sisters 9: The workers' station 10: A terminus too far 11: London's unique dozen 12: Settling down and dodging the bombs 13: Round London with Sir John Betjeman
london; history; architecture; railway; trains; locomotive; euston; kings cross; st pancras; marylebone; eurostar; waterloo; charring cross; victoria; liverpool street; paddington; christian wolmar; crossrail; railway revolution; l subterranean railway; nineteenth century