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Brunel's Railways - The Minor Lines
Brunel's Railways - The Minor Lines
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Wrth olrhain mân ganghennau rheilffyrdd Brunel, disgrifia'r awdur y daith ynghyd â'r trefi a'r dinasoedd yr ymwelir â hwy.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
Tracing Brunel's broad gauge railway on the many branch lines, Bradshaw describes the journey, and the towns and cities encountered.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781445621784
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781445621784
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Brunel's Railways - The Minor Lines
- Awdur / Author
- Christopher, John
- Current Price ex VAT
- £14.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £14.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2014-04-10
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 96 pages
- Size
- 165 × 235 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Hanes Rheilffyrdd (yn Saesneg) | EN: Railways (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
John Christopher has written several books on the life and works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel for Amberley Publishing. He has also appeared in Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys television series.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
In addition to his high-profile railway lines, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was engineer to a number of minor and branch lines including those from Slough to Windsor, Didcot to Oxford and from there via the OWWW – generally known as the ‘Old Worse & Worse’ – across to Moreton, Evesham, Pershore and up through Worcester to Wolverhampton, the Gloucester to Cheltenham line, as well as the railways to Ross and Hereford, plus additional lines in Wiltshire, Somerset and South Wales. ‘Seldom has the gigantic intellect of man been employed upon a work of greater utility.’ Punch, in praise of Bradshaw’s publications Bradshaw’s guide was published in 1863, very shortly after these lines had been completed. It gives the reader a unique insight into the world of the Victorian railways and goes beyond the engineering aspects to record the sights to be seen in the towns and cities encountered along the way. Brunel expert John Christopher presents Bradshaw’s original text accompanied by contemporary images and many new colour photographs of the same journey today.
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