Bradshaw's Handbook

Informationen zum Autor George Bradshaw (1801-1853) was an English cartographer, printer and publisher. He is most famous for developing a series of railway timetables and guides. The books became synonymous with its publisher so that, for Victorians and Edwardians alike, a railway timetable was 'a Bradshaw'. After his death Punch magazine said of Bradshaw's labours: 'seldom has the gigantic intellect of man been employed upon a work of greater utility.' Klappentext A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's Handbook of 1863, the book that inspired the BBC television series 'Great British Railway Journeys'. When Michael Portillo began the series 'Great British Railway Journeys', a well-thumbed 150-year-old book shot back to fame. The original Bradshaw's guides had been well known to Victorian travellers and were produced when the British railway network was at its peak and as tourism by rail became essential. It was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and this beautifully illustrated facsimile edition offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past. Vorwort A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's Handbook of 1863, the book that inspired the television series 'Great British Railway Journeys.' Zusammenfassung Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s - Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile.

Product details

• Authors: George Bradshaw
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.01.2012
• EAN: 9781908402028
• ISBN: 978-1-908402-02-8
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 180 mm x 44 mm
• Series: Old House; Old House
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Classic Travel Writing, Trains and railways: general interest, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Travel guides: routes and ways, Travel guides: Rail travel