To the Edge of the World

The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway

Christian Wolmar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2014 | Main
Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-0-85789-038-2 (ISBN)

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The epic story of the world's longest and greatest railway, as told by Britain's bestselling transport historian.

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 -Trotsky famously used an armoured carriage as his command post - and the Second World War, during which the railway saved the country from certain defeat. Like the author's previous railway histories, it focuses on the personalities, as well as the political and economic events, that lay behind one of the most extraordinary engineering triumphs of the nineteenth century.

Christian Wolmar is Britain's foremost writer and broadcaster on transport matters. He writes regularly for a wide variety of publications including the Independent, Evening Standard and Rail magazine, and appears frequently on TV and radio as a commentator. His previous books include the widely acclaimed The Subterranean Railway, Fire and Steam, Blood, Iron and Gold, Engines of War and The Great Railway Revolution.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.11.2014
Zusatzinfo	2x8pp b/w and colour plates. Maps in text.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 195 mm
Gewicht	255 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-85789-038-7 / 0857890387
ISBN-13	978-0-85789-038-2 / 9780857890382
Zustand	Neuware