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Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750960618
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Narrow Boat written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by History Press. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a trip down the waterways of England during their hey-day
Author : Victoria Owens
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399056638
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Life of LTC Rolt written by Victoria Owens and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1926, Tom Rolt who was then sixteen years old, abandoned his public school education. Having taken a job with a small firm of agricultural engineers, he realized that he had found his life’s calling. But the way ahead was neither smooth nor easy. Having secured a premium apprenticeship, the firm which took him on foundered and although he eventually qualified as a mechanical engineer, the 1930s depression made it almost impossible to find regular employment. Nothing daunted, with the encouragement of his mysterious companion ‘Cara’, he turned to writing. His literary career flourished alongside his association with the Vintage Sports Car Club, the Inland Waterways Association and the Talyllyn Railway. Between his Inland Waterways Association and Talyllyn phases, Angela, his first wife, left him to join Billy Smart’s Circus, and Sonia –an actress-turned-boatwoman – would become his second wife. Over the course of his life, he produced over thirty books, their subject matters ranging from canals and railways to engineering biography; company histories; a collection of accomplished ghost stories and a topographical survey of Worcestershire. He also wrote polemics about the plight of the craftsman in a world which relied increasingly upon mass production. In this book, the first full-length biography of Tom Rolt and a complement to his auto-biographical Landscape trilogy, Victoria Owens draws upon his surviving letters and unpublished manuscripts to tell the story of the engineer-turned-writer who made Britain’s industrial past the stuff of enduring literature.
Author : Victoria Owens
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399056654
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Life of LTC Rolt written by Victoria Owens and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1926, Tom Rolt who was then sixteen years old, abandoned his public school education. Having taken a job with a small firm of agricultural engineers, he realized that he had found his life’s calling. But the way ahead was neither smooth nor easy. Having secured a premium apprenticeship, the firm which took him on foundered and although he eventually qualified as a mechanical engineer, the 1930s depression made it almost impossible to find regular employment. Nothing daunted, with the encouragement of his mysterious companion ‘Cara’, he turned to writing. His literary career flourished alongside his association with the Vintage Sports Car Club, the Inland Waterways Association and the Talyllyn Railway. Between his Inland Waterways Association and Talyllyn phases, Angela, his first wife, left him to join Billy Smart’s Circus, and Sonia –an actress-turned-boatwoman – would become his second wife. Over the course of his life, he produced over thirty books, their subject matters ranging from canals and railways to engineering biography; company histories; a collection of accomplished ghost stories and a topographical survey of Worcestershire. He also wrote polemics about the plight of the craftsman in a world which relied increasingly upon mass production. In this book, the first full-length biography of Tom Rolt and a complement to his auto-biographical Landscape trilogy, Victoria Owens draws upon his surviving letters and unpublished manuscripts to tell the story of the engineer-turned-writer who made Britain’s industrial past the stuff of enduring literature.
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750941396
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (413 download)
Download or read book The Landscape Trilogy written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rolt's work reveals his important contribution to the history and preservation of our canals and railways.
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780140117523
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Isambard Kingdom Brunel written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by Penguin Books, Limited (UK). This book was released on 1990-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering genius, technical innovator and one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, Isambard Kingdom Brunel changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions. L. T. C. Rolt's masterly biography is the definitive work on Brunel, tracing the life, times and monumental achivements of the man who helped to build modern Britain.
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752455778
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (557 download)
Download or read book Sleep No More written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful collection of short stories of the supernatural combines L.T.C. Rolt's writing talent with his unparalleled knowledge of Britain's industrial heritage to produce tales of real mystery and imagination. This haunting anthology takes the reader on a journey from Cornwall to Wales and from the hill country of Shropshire to the west coast of Ireland. "The House of Vengeance," set in the Black Mountains of South Wales, tells what happens when a walker becomes lost and disorientated as the mist falls, while in "The Gartside Fell Disaster" an old railwayman recounts the terrible night when the Mountaineer came to grief. Alongside these are twelve other tales of elemental fears and strange and inexplicable happenings. First published in 1948, this enduring collection will appeal to all those who, like Tom Rolt, are passionate about the backdrop of our industrial landscape, but will also delight and terrify anyone who loves a good, old-fashioned ghost story.
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750924788
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (247 download)
Download or read book The Landscape Trilogy written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : London : Allen and Unwin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Green and Silver written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by London : Allen and Unwin. This book was released on 1949 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Longden
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book A Canal People written by Robert Longden and published by Alan Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a few brief years in the 1940s and '50s Robert Longden took a remarkable set of photographs of the narrow boat community at Hawkesbury Stop. Previously unpublished, Sonia Rolt identifies each one with full and informative captions
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railway Adventure written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by Alan Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 1953 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the Talyllin Railway.
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 144561121X
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book George and Robert Stephenson written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-03-15 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant, perceptive biography of the father and son who initiated the age of the railway.
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780752451060
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Red for Danger written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by History Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work that must be included in the library of any railway enthusiast
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140167450
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (674 download)
Download or read book Victorian Engineering written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing the course of British engineering throughout the 19th century, this survey gives accounts of such major developments as the building of the railways, the growth of ship-building and the introduction of gas and electricity. It examines the individual achievements of Brunel, Joseph Paxton and Robert Stephenson among others, and explains how industrialization changed the face of the environment. The book concludes by considering why the Victorians' mood of optimism turned to one of disillusionment. It argues that the Victorians failed to come to terms with the consequences of industrialization, and that many of the innovations of British engineers found their best expression in other countries.
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781901522440
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (224 download)
Download or read book The Steam Engine of Thomas Newcomen written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1977 as a memorial to Rolt, this is an authoritative biography on the life and work of Thomas Newcomen, the first to produce a machine capable of providing power, other than that derived from man, animals or the elements. Additional notes have been added to put the book within the context of more recent research.
Author : Witold Rybczynski
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684867303
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)
Download or read book One Good Turn written by Witold Rybczynski and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-09-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Tool of the Millennium The seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium." The award-winning author of Home, A Clearing in the Distance, and Now I Sit Me Down, Rybczynski once built a house using only hand tools. His intimate knowledge of the toolbox -- both its contents and its history -- serves him beautifully on his quest. One Good Turn is a story starring Archimedes, who invented the water screw and introduced the helix, and Leonardo, who sketched a machine for carving wood screws. It is a story of mechanical discovery and genius that takes readers from ancient Greece to car design in the age of American industry. Rybczynski writes an ode to the screw, without which there would be no telescope, no microscope -- in short, no enlightenment science. One of our finest cultural and architectural historians, Rybczynski renders a graceful, original, and engaging portrait of the tool that changed the course of civilization.
Author : Victoria Owens
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526768828
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Lady Charlotte Guest written by Victoria Owens and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable biography of a mother of ten who stepped up to run her late husband’s ironworks in Victorian Wales. When impoverished aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked on with dismay. Yet despite their vast difference of background and age, over their nineteen-year long marriage husband and wife enjoyed great happiness and much adventure. There would be ten children, and while John built up an immense commercial empire, Charlotte championed Welsh culture. Crucially, she taught herself John’s business from the inside. Over the years, she made the keenest observation of iron production, the fluctuations of the trade, and the engineering innovations. When John died in 1852, she was therefore uniquely placed to succeed him as head of the works—a remarkable position for a Victorian woman. She endeavored to introduce reforms, but also—rather to her dismay—had to weather a potentially destructive strike. But success came at a price. With her star seemingly in the ascendant, Lady Charlotte suddenly chose to abandon all, leave Wales, and marry her sons’ tutor. This book traces the ardent, creative years of her first marriage, explores her determination to preserve John’s legacy as a widow, and observes her growing devotion to the scholarly Charles Schreiber.
Author : Anne Youngson
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250764602
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Narrowboat Summer written by Anne Youngson and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lovely...Another heartening story about the possibility of striking out in a new direction at any age. It is also a soothing read, especially welcome in these anxious times.” —Christian Science Monitor From the author of Meet Me at the Museum, a charming novel of second chances, about three women, one dog, and the narrowboat that brings them together Eve expected Sally to come festooned with suitcases and overnight bags packed with everything she owned, but she was wrong. She arrived on foot, with a rucksack and a carrier bag. “I just walked away,” she said, climbing on to the boat. Eve knew what she meant. Meet Eve, who has left her thirty-year career to become a Free Spirit; Sally, who has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up children; and Anastasia, a defiantly independent narrowboat-dweller, who is suddenly landlocked and vulnerable. Before they quite know what they’ve done, Sally and Eve agree to drive Anastasia’s narrowboat on a journey through the canals of England, as she awaits a life-saving operation. As they glide gently – and not so gently – through the countryside, the eccentricities and challenges of narrowboat life draw them inexorably together, and a tender and unforgettable story unfolds. At summer’s end, all three women must decide whether to return to the lives they left behind, or forge a new path forward. Candid, hilarious, and uplifting, Anne Youngson's The Narrowboat Summer is a celebration of the power of friendship and new experiences to change one’s life, at any age.
