Dangerous Days on the Victorian Railways: Feuds, Frauds, Robberies and Riots [Audiobook] download free by Terry Deary
- Listen audiobook: Dangerous Days on the Victorian Railways: Feuds, Frauds, Robberies and Riots
- Author: Terry Deary
- Release date: 2015/11/18
- Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9781780226361
- Rating: 9.92 of 10
- Votes: 584
- Review by: Rivka Baxley
- Review rating: 8.22 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/1
- Duration: 2H44M31S in 256 kbps (44.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-11
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG4, WMA Lossless, FLAC, WAV, WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 SLS (compression ZIP, ARC, TAR.BZ2, RAR, TAR.Z)
- Total pages original book: 224
- Includes a PDF summary of 25 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 18M17S (5 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: 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 . . .
- Other categories, genre or collection: Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900, Trains & Railways, British & Irish History, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Funny Books & Stories, Railway Transport Industries
- Download servers: LaciCloud, MEGA, BitShare, Google Drive, Mediafire, FileServe, Monova. Compressed in ZIP, ARC, TAR.BZ2, RAR, TAR.Z
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 10.33 USD
- Dimensions: 131x201x23mm
- Weight: 272.16g
- Printed by: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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