Manley, Deborah
The Trans-Siberian Railway
From the birth aboard of Rudolf Nureyev to the childhood obsession with the railway of Lesley Blanch, to the weariness that eventually overcame Paul Theroux, to the excitement of the author’s own journey, this revised and updated collection of travellers’ accounts brings together emotions, descriptions and humour from a century of travel.
This new edition of a classic anthology takes us through the tremendous achievement of the railway’s construction across harsh, unsettled lands through the earliest journeys of Western travellers and the trains on which they travelled, and their descriptions of fellow travellers, food, scenery, domestic arrangements, adventures on and off the train, convicts, revolution and war as the train carried them through a lonely, lovely landscape. The barrier of Lake Baikal was crossed by a British-built ice-breaker, put together on the lakeside until the link around the deep water and through the first tunnels of the route was completed. The railway played – and still plays – a huge part in holding this vast country together.
Avainsanat: Travel, Railways, Trans-Siberian, Russia, Urals, Vladivostock, Moscow, Cross-Continent.
- Tekijä(t)
- Manley, Deborah
- Julkaisija
- Andrews UK
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2011
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sivumäärä
- 312 sivua
- Kategoria
- Maantiede, matkaoppaat
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781908493316
- Painetun ISBN
- 9781904955498