Terror On The Train

Author: Terry Deary

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Price : $13.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781408154090
Publisher : A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Imprint : A & C Black Publishers Ltd
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Publication date : 01 January 2012
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 13.99
Availability date : 01 April 2012
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Author : Terry Deary
Series : Terrt Deary Victorian Tales
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1
Illustrator : Helen Flook
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Dewey classification : 823.92
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Pages : 64
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The true story of the Staplehurst railway disaster, one of Victorian Britain's worst rail accidents. A crowded train ran at full speed into a section of track that had been taken up for repair. Charles Dickens, who was on board the train, fought heroically to save lives, and found time to save the handwritten manuscript of Our Mutual Friend.

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True story of the Staplehurst railway disaster. Charles Dickens, who was on board the train, fought heroically to save lives.

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Terry Deary began his writing career with fiction for A&C Black. He is now author of over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, which have been published in 40 languages. His historical fiction for older children Tudor Terror has been praised as "a marvellous blend of fact and fiction" (School Librarian). His non-fiction has been consistently in the best-seller lists since 1994. His Horrible Histories celebrated their 15th anniversary in 2008, having sold over 25 million copies worldwide and been adapted as television series, theatre tours and museum exhibitions. Terry Deary was voted "Outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th Century" by Books for Keeps magazine.