Stage and Mail Coaches by David Mountfield

Stage and Mail Coaches by David Mountfield

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Stage and Mail Coaches by David Mountfield

It is often forgotten that in the early nineteenth century, before the arrival of the railways, Britain had the fastest and most efficient form of public overland transport the world had ever seen. By the 1820s, what had once been a hideous chore became a fashionable pastime and a boon to business. But this golden age of public long-distance coaching was short. Within twenty years, as the railways spread across Britain, it was in rapid decline, unable to compete with its faster, more comfortable and much cheaper rival.
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ISBN 13 9780747805540
ISBN 10 0747805547
Title Stage and Mail Coaches
Author David Mountfield
Series Shire Library
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2003-01-01
Number of pages 32
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