Night Trains - The Rise and Fall of the Sleeper Martin AndrewPaperback
Night Trains - The Rise and Fall of the Sleeper Martin AndrewPaperback In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day…
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Night Trains - The Rise and Fall of the Sleeper Martin AndrewPaperback
In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. The night trains have fallen on hard times, and the services are disappearing one by one. This is no simple matter.
Whether the backdrop is 3am at a Turkish customs post, the sun rising over the Riviera, or the constant twilight of a Norwegian summer night, Martin rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected by rail. But if the Orient Express experience can only be recreated by taking three separate sleepers, the intriguing characters and exotic atmospheres have survived. By tracing the history of the sleeper trains, he reveals much of the recent history of Europe itself.
The original sleepers helped break down national barriers and unify the continent. Martin uncovers modern instances of European unity - and otherwise - as he
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