Great British Railway Journeys — Charlie Bunce Hardcover

The Sunday Times Bestseller\nA glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain\u2019s many and magnificent railway journeys.\nInspired by George Bradshaw, a 19th-century cartographer who mapped Britain\u2019s railways as they sprung up around him, Charlie Bunce and Michael Portillo take a journey along nine classic British railway routes and surround themselves with the history, the charm and the people at the heart of the railways.\nMore than just a practical mode of transport, Britain\u2019s railways are richly representative and evocative of British society and how it has developed over the last 150 years. Symbols of progress and change, they tell of remarkable breakthroughs in technology, industry and travel. Iconic in their design they have both made a distinctive impact on Britain\u2019s landscape and opened it up to millions of people who, through train journeys alone, became acquainted with wonderful new p.