No. 1 - Limited Edition - Stowers, Antony J
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Set in Regency England 1810-1825, 'No. 1' draws on the real and the imagined from the North East of England present at the birth of the railways, starting on 18th September 1810 and finishing there on 28th September 1825, the day after the first ever railway trip between two towns, a first that changed history. History didn't record it inadvertently carrying a boy fleeing from a miscarriage of justice and an ex-Waterloo veteran intent on silencing him, but history can now be straightened out. In this ambitious recreation by Darlington-born writer Antony J (Tony) Stowers, fact and fiction are…mehr

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Set in Regency England 1810-1825, 'No. 1' draws on the real and the imagined from the North East of England present at the birth of the railways, starting on 18th September 1810 and finishing there on 28th September 1825, the day after the first ever railway trip between two towns, a first that changed history. History didn't record it inadvertently carrying a boy fleeing from a miscarriage of justice and an ex-Waterloo veteran intent on silencing him, but history can now be straightened out. In this ambitious recreation by Darlington-born writer Antony J (Tony) Stowers, fact and fiction are blended through real-life personalities, known historical events and ordinary people whose lives were impacted by this revolutionary technology. It also features a re-imagined but detailed account of the opening itself on 27th September 1825. This is a special limited 500 edition print run featuring the cover by Terence Cuneo and available exclusively to buyers/residents of the United Kingdom.
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The Journalhttp://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/analysis-news/darlington-author-tony-stowers-15-7945777. "No1 is a 15 year quest to have a book published about his home town.Born and raised in Darlington in a working class household, and passionate about his North East roots, he was naturally drawn to the County Durham town's place in world history. It was one end of the Stockton to Darlington railway, the first public railway to use steam locomotives in theworld which opened in September 1825.The importance of this event cannot be understated as it was one of the pivotal moments of the industrial revolution which was to propel Britain to the status of world leader. The region was the birthplace or origin of some of the industrial greats of that period: George Stephenson and his son Robert Stephenson, Timothy Hackworth and William Hedley to name but a few. Their expertise and inspiration spread not just nationwide but around the globe. "There were lots of black and white drawings, a lot of statistical and technical diagrams. But of course there was no film or photographs then. There was little which possessed the creative stimuli to bring it to life as I thought it could. This was always my ambition." "The finest piece of historical fiction I have read"Tony Fox, Historical Association, Durham. Morning Star - Attila the Stockbroker Number One by Tony Stowers is a novel, based on actual events, which achieves a very difficult goal. It not only brings working-class history to life, it brings a specific historical phenomenon - the birth of the railways - to life in a way which really engages the reader even if you aren't interested in trains! It is the story of the transition from coach and canal transportation to rail, set in the north-east between the years 1810-1825 and culminating in a wonderful re-enactment of the first ever rail journey between Stockton and Darlington in September 1825 by the eponymous locomotive of the title. It is written from the best possible perspective - the bottom up. The main characters are beautifully portrayed and include a radical miner and his young, resourceful son, the determined leader of a gang of Irish navvies - who blasted and cut the way for the railways of course - and a Waterloo veteran soldier with an eye for the main chance. Incredibly well researched, it describes the everyday living conditions and experiences of ordinary people of the time so well that it deserves a much wider audience.'