Published in 1857, this first biography of the great railway engineer describes in fascinating de...
Spanning from the Roman to Victorian period, this three-volume work (1861-2) provides detailed bi...
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Spanning from the Roman to Victorian period, this three-volume work (1861-2) provides detailed bi...
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