{"product_id":"9780241979006","title":"Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Jenkins, Simon, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/03\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 432 pages, 8 Maps,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: History of architecture, Trains \u0026amp; railways: general interest, Travel writing\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241979006\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"strike\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eDiscover the architectural gems that are Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations in this Sunday Times top 10 bestseller.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eIt is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of coming and going, meeting, greeting and parting. It is an institution with its own rituals and priests, and a long-neglected aspect of Britain's architecture. And yet so little do we look at the railway station.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain, from Waterloo to Wemyss Bay, Betws-y-Coed to Beverley, to select his hundred best railway stations. Blending his usual insight and authority with his personal reflections and experiences - including his founding the Railway Heritage Trust - the foremost expert on our national heritage deftly reveals the history, geography, design and significance of each of these glories.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eBeautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of our social history shows the station's role in the national imagination; champions the engineers, architects and rival companies that made them possible; and tells the story behind the triumphs and follies of these very British creations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are the marvellous, often undersung places that link our nation, celebrated like never before.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39331031253145,"sku":"9780241979006","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780241979006.jpg?v=1614619970","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780241979006","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}