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Belles and Whistles

Journeys Through Time on Britain's Trains
MP3 CD
(1 CD)
Product Number: MPCD1709
Released: 01 May, 2016
Business Term: Purchase
ISBN: #9781510030992
Narrator(s): Gordon Griffin
Publisher: W F Howes
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Description

In the heroic days of rail travel, you could dine on kippers and champagne aboard the Brighton Belle; smoke a post-prandial cigar as the Golden Arrow approached Paris, or be shaved by the Flying Scotsman's on-board barber. Everyone from schoolboys to socialites knew of these glamorous trains. Andrew Martin recreates famous train journeys by travelling aboard their nearest modern day equivalents, describing the disappearance of the extravagance and luxury.

Author(s): Andrew Martin
Original Publish Date: 01 May, 2016

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Large Print
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Author(s): Andrew Martin
Product Number LP3770
Released: 01 Mar, 2016
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781510023833
CD
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Author(s): Andrew Martin
Narrator(s): Gordon Griffin
Product Number LCD392
Released: 01 May, 2016
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781510029958

Professional reviews

"Martin's five journeys combine humour, historical anecdote and reportage from the present and romantic evocations of the past. ‘His wonderfully well-informed, anecdotal prose punches more than just tickets.’ TIMES ‘A bittersweet journey of contrasts between romance and reality.’ SAGA"

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