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Engines of War: How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways by Christian Wolmar
29.99 NZD
Category: Rail
Engines of War tells the dramatic story of how the railways revolutionized the nature of warfare, ushering in an age of industrialized conflict in which wars were fought on a previously unimaginable scale. From the moment of its first appearance, the 'iron road' not only rendered armies more mobile, but ...Show more
The Great Railway Revolution: The Epic Story of the American Railroad by Christian Wolmar
59.99 NZD
Category: Rail
In the 1830s, The United States underwent a second revolution. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line, the first American railroad, set in motion a process which, by the end of the century, would enmesh the vast country in a latticework of railroad lines, small-town stations and magisterial termin ...Show more
The Liberation Line: The Last Untold Story of the Normandy Landings by Christian Wolmar
39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The epic story of the railwaymen who ensured Allied victory in World War Two, published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary of D-Day, by Britain's best-loved railway writer.
The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How it Changed the City Forever by Christian Wolmar
29.99 NZD
Category: Rail
Since the Victorian era, London's Underground has had played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. In The Subterranean Railway, Christian Wolmar celebrates the vision and determination of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made the world's first, and still the largest, underground ...Show more
To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway by Christian Wolmar
29.99 NZD
Category: Rail
Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial role the line played in both the Russian Civil War ...Show more
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