This is the definitive story of the men who built the railways – the unknown Victorian labourers who blasted, tunnelled, drank and brawled their way across ni

This is the story of the men who built Britain’s canals and railways – not the engineers and the administrators but the ones who provided the brawn and musc

A fascinating journey through the history of railways From the early steam trains to the high-speed bullet trains of today, The Iron Road tells the hidden stori

Discusses the cultural and social effect that the railway had on nineteenth century society in Great Britain