A Corkscrew is Most Useful: The Travellers of Empire by Nicholas Murray

A Corkscrew is Most Useful: The Travellers of Empire

Nicholas Murray

544 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
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In the early 19th century there was a huge surge forward in travel of all kinds. Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 came barely a year after John Murray's first guidebook was published. Then in 1838 Bradshaw's famous portable railway timetable app...

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