Venice Simplon Orient-Express: The Return of the World's Most Celebrated Train

by Shirley Sherwood

Book Overview

Imbued with an aura of elegance, romance, excitement, and mystery, the Orient Express has long been a symbol of luxury travel in Europe. After its final run in May 1977, a group of investors tracked... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0297782614
• ISBN13: 9780297782612
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

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This is a great book about the Venice Simplon Orient Express and it is written by the founders wife. I recommend this book to anyone.

This is a fascinating book, even if you're not a train buff.

This a beautiful and lavishly illustrated book on the world's most beautiful train, written by the wife of its owner. The Orient Express has been revived and this book documents its repair and all the work that went into the restoration as well as the current operation. The book is wonderful, even if you are not a train buff. I recommend it to anyone who has read _Murder on the Orient Express_ for the train has been restored to the way it was in the 20s, or to anyone with an interest in the golden age of rail travel.