From the author of 'Mauve' comes a dramatic and hugely readable account of the day which saw the dawning of the railway age - and the first railway accident.
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the greatest engineering feat of its age. George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket was to become the most famous locomotive in history. William Huskisson was one of the greatest statesmen of his generation, and certainly the most accident-prone. On 15 September 1830, the three met for the first time.
