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Don Hale - Mallard (New Paperback)
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Synopsis
Seventy years ago, on 3 July 1938, on the East Coast main line, the streamlined A4 Pacific locomotive Mallard reached a top speed of 126mph - a world record for steam locomotives which still stands. Since then, millions have seen this famous locomotive, resplendent in her blue livery, on display at the National Railway Museum in York.
Don Hale tells the full story of how the record was broken, from the nineteenth century rivalry to be fastest between London and Scotland, and, surprisingly, traces Mallard's futuristic design to the Bugatti car and Germany's nascent Third Reich, which elevated the train into an instrument of national prestige. And he celebrates the singular figure of Mallard's designer, Sir Nigel Gresley, one of Britain's most gifted engineers.
Mallard is a wonderfully nostalgic evocation of one of British technology's finest hours.
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- Format : Standard New Paperback
- Condition : New
- Category : Non-Fiction - Transportation
- Published : 2019 (Aurum Press Ltd)
- ISBN : 9781781313916
- SKU : B001438
- PPC : LL230gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'It ought to be a film, of course, pitched somewhere between The Right Stuff and Chariots of Fire. Meanwhile, Don Hale's well-ordered, compelling book will do nicely' - Andrew Martin, Daily Express.
"This book is an absolute gem. Written by an excellent campaigning Journalist, who, quite rightly, received the OBE for his tireless work in unearthing three major miscarriages of justice that led to the law being changed. The book is very easily assimilated it is almost like a thriller, the reader is very keen to get to the outcome. Very well researched and with some very rare photos," - Google Review.