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Landscape with Figures - The Final Part of His Autobiography (Paperback)
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Landscape with Figures - The Final Part of His Autobiography (Paperback)
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List price R476
Loot Price R392
Discovery Miles 3 920
You Save R84 (18%)
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L.T.C. Rolt's fame was born from his unique ability to produce
works of literature from subject matter seemingly ill suited to
such treatment - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines,
agricultural machinery, vintage cars - such as in his classic
biographies of Brunel, Telford, Trevithick and the Stephensons, and
in his superbly written volumes of autobiography. In the first
volume of Rolt's stunning autobiography, Landscape with Machines,
the focus was on his younger days, from childhood to trainee
engineer, and his ambition to explore the inland waterways of
England in his converted narrow boat Cressy. Landscape with Canals,
the second volume, described Rolt's meanderings through those
water-lanes of England and Wales, combining his love for the
English countryside with his life-long fascination with machines.
In this book, written during the last years of his life, Rolt
continues his intriguing and often diverse life story. He gives an
account of the early days of the Talyllyn Railway Company and
Preservation Society, describes his involvement in vintage and
veteran car rallies, and vividly recreates his travels on the
Tralee-Dingle Light Railway in remote West Kerry. Intermingled with
these are his struggles to become a writer of repute. This final
volume, published posthumously, completes a trilogy that is a
fitting tribute to the man who, through his appreciation of the
'aesthetics of technology', could be said to have given a literary
shape to the Industrial Revolution.
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