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Stagecoach Travel - Louise Allen

Stagecoach Travel

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Buch | Softcover
64 Seiten
2014
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-1366-8 (ISBN)
CHF 15,65 inkl. MwSt
Details the routes, proprietors and coaching inns, the customers and why they chose to travel, and also the perils of early road travel, including highwaymen.
The stagecoach was the travel wonder of its age: passengers could board a fast coach and be shuttled from one end of the country to the other, stopping only in stages to hitch up fresh horses and take a little light refreshment at coaching inns. Though coaches first appeared in the sixteenth century, stagecoach travel reached its heyday between about 1750 and 1850, leading to great improvements in British roads, which in return encouraged faster and expanded services. This book details the routes, proprietors and coaching inns, the customers and why they chose to travel, and also the perils of early road travel, including highwaymen. The legacy of stagecoach travel is also explored, making this an essential introduction.

Louise Allen is the author of more than forty historical romances set in the Georgian and Regency period. She is a collector of Regency prints and ephemera, a wide selection of which appear in this book.

The First Stagecoaches / The Growth of the Business / Passengers, Booking and Departure / The Coach, its Crew and Horses / On the Road / Inns / Dangers and Accidents / The End of the Road / Further Reading / Places to Visit / Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.7.2014
Reihe/Serie Shire Library
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 149 x 210 mm
Gewicht 150 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10 0-7478-1366-3 / 0747813663
ISBN-13 978-0-7478-1366-8 / 9780747813668
Zustand Neuware
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