Reprinted 150 years after the death of Robert Stephenson, and some 50 years after it first appeared, this is Tom Rolt’s excellent and highly readable description of the lives and careers of the father and son team who were largely responsible for the establishment of the railway, and especially the steam locomotive. E.W. Martin, reviewing this book in the Listener said ‘This biography is a work of distinction in both the historical and social sense. It is written by one who adds engineering knowledge to biographical skill’, which says it all. 330 pages. 18 rather murky B&W illustrations, but the value of this book is in the text. Paperback. Amberley Publishing