Full Steam Ahead by Peter Ginn

Full Steam Ahead by Peter Ginn

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life from trade and transportation to health and recreation.

Praise for the authors:

‘Packed with delicious kernels of knowledge … all served up by the most delightfully eccentric author I've ever encounteredSeldom have I had so much fun reading history. Seldom have I learnt so much.’ The Times

‘Always entertaining’ Observer

‘Fascinating, immersive history’ New York Times

Historian Ruth Goodman is an expert in British social and domestic history. She has written and presented numerous acclaimed BBC television series and is a regular presenter on The One Show. She has co-authored numerous other books with Peter Ginn, including the bestselling Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm.

Peter Ginn has swum the Rio Grande during a flash flood, graduated from the Institute of Archaeology UCL, had a picture hung in the National Gallery (aged 8 3/4), set fire to himself twice, made over fifty hours of award-winning primetime television for BBC Two, been forced up a pyramid at gun point, spent a night locked in the Tower of London, helped build a castle in France, broken into his headmaster’s car (with his blessing), lost a black watch scotch egg in the middle of a tornado and learnt the secret of how to wrestle a cow.

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ISBN 13	9780008194314
ISBN 10	0008194319
Title	Full Steam Ahead
Author	Peter Ginn
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2016-07-28
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.