Hughes, Rian – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:24:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Hughes, Rian – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 The Black Locomotive https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-black-locomotive-2/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=24659 XX, The Black Locomotive weaves steam trains, the history and architecture of London, and a mysterious alien artefact below the city into a work of stunning inventiveness and originality.]]> ‘Utterly unique . . . A masterpiece’ The Daily Mail

‘Stunning . . . Brilliantly original’ The Guardian

London is built from concrete, steel and the creative urge.

Old technology gives way to the new. Progress is inevitable – but is it more fragile than its inhabitants realize?

A strange anomaly is uncovered in the new top-secret Crossrail extension being built under Buckingham Palace. It is an archaeological puzzle, one that may transform our understanding of history – and the origins of London itself.

And if our modern world falls, we may have to turn to the technology of the past in order to save our future.

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