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Laddar... Dangerous Days on the Victorian Railwaysav Terry Deary
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. I picked up a lot of useful and interesting information from this book. I can see its purpose is to try and make history interesting and amusing. That doesn't always work - the book becomes disjointed and the jokey style isn't always appropriate. Real people were killed in large numbers on the construction of the railways - it wasn't some kind of computer game. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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The Victorians risked more than just delays when boarding a steam train . . . Victorian inventors certainly didn't lack steam, but while they squabbled over who deserved the title of 'The Father of the Locomotive' and enjoyed their fame and fortune, safety on the rails was not their priority. Brakes were seen as a needless luxury and boilers had an inconvenient tendency to overheat and explode, and in turn, blow up anyone in reach. Often recognised as having revolutionised travel and industrial Britain, Victorian railways were perilous. Disease, accidents and disasters accounted for thousands of deaths and many more injuries. While history has focused on the triumph of engineers, the victims of the Victorian railways had names, lives and families and they deserve to be remembered . . . Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)385.094109034Social sciences Commerce, Communications, Transportation Trains and Railroads Subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Europe British Isles - UK, Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Historical periods 1500- Modern Period 1800-1899 19th CenturyBetygMedelbetyg:
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