The railway king : a biography of George Hudson
Beaumont, Robert2002
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George Hudson - the Railway King - formed his own Midland Railway, raising £5 million and bribing MPs along the way. However, from his glory in 1845, he fell into disgrace, and died a broken man in 1871.
Main title:
The railway king : a biography of George Hudson / Robert Beaumont.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Review, 2002.
Collation:
x, 274p, [8]p. of plates : ill., facsims., geneal table, map, port. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-266) and index.
ISBN:
9780747232353 (hbk)
Dewey class:
385.092920
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
413683