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 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. Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past. Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book of Great Britain and Ireland was published in four parts, describing the sights to be seen in towns and cities encountered along selected railway journeys in each region. Gathered together into a single book, it bore the short title Bradshaw's Handbook and after a few years, passed into obscurity, remaining extremely rare to this day. This is facsimile of that book, possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. The original Bradshaw's Handbook inspired the BBC2 television series Great British Railway Journeys, now preparing for a fourth season. 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: 142 mm x 182 mm x 40 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