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Informationen zum Autor Michael Williams writes widely on railways for many publications! including the Daily Mail! The Independent! the Independent on Sunday! the New Statesman! The Oldie and the railway specialist press. He is a veteran Fleet Street journalist! having held many senior positions! including Deputy Editor of the Independent on Sunday! Executive Editor of the Independent and Head of News at The Sunday Times. He is currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Journalism! Media and Communication at the University of Central Lancashire. He commutes regularly by train on the 440-mile return journey between his home in London's Camden Town and his office at Preston in Lancashire. Klappentext It is the story of the British railways and! above all! the extraordinary men and women who kept them running from 1939 to 1945. The railways mobilised troops! transported munitions! evacuated children from cities and kept vital food supplies moving where other forms of transport failed. Zusammenfassung It is the story of the British railways and! above all! the extraordinary men and women who kept them running from 1939 to 1945. The railways mobilised troops! transported munitions! evacuated children from cities and kept vital food supplies moving where other forms of transport failed.
