{"product_id":"british-rail","title":"British Rail","description":"The authoritative and fascinating history of the rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Wolmar''s book is impeccably organized and makes a fast, enjoyable read'' THE TIMES Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou think you know British Rail. But you don''t know the whole story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom its creation after the Second World War, through its fifty-year lifetime, British Rail was an innovative powerhouse that transformed our transport system. Uniting disparate lines into a highly competent organisation - heralding ''The Age of the Train'' - and, for a time, providing one of the fastest regular rail services in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into post-war austerity, traumatised, impoverished and exploited by a hostile press, the state-owned railway was dismissed as a dinosaur unable to evolve, and swept away by a government hellbent on selling it off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, award-winning writer Christian Wolmar provides a new perspective on national loss in a time of privatisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBritish Rail is ripe for a new history.\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Christian Wolmar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Wolmar is the high priest of railway studies'' Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The greatest expert on British trains'' Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Our most eminent transport journalist'' Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''If the world''s railways have a laureate, it is surely Christian Wolmar'' Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Christian Wolmar is in love with the railways. He writes constantly and passionately about them. He is their wisest, most detailed historian and a constant prophet of their rebirth . . . if you love the hum of the wheels and of history, then Christian Wolmar is your man'' Observer","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56826293256527,"sku":"9781405946278","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781405946278_1-british-rail.jpg?v=1768538749","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/british-rail","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}