Passengers. Life in Britain During the Stagecoach Era, Hardback

This book is about stagecoach travel during the Napoleonic War, the era of Austen and Dickens, and the early years of Queen Victoria. Its covers travel, hospitality and roads and many other aspects of British life between 1790 and 1840. It is a story often forgotten or ignored, of a country about to be transformed by railways, factories and cities.

Illustrations: 32 colour and black & white illustrations