Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs

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As well as the hansom cab, the typical Victorian city would feature four wheel horse-drawn cabs carrying luggage & families, out to to catch a train or visit friends and family. This book examines the cabs & the men who drove them in the last century.'

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"Trevor May is an expert on the Victorian era, and he has managed to squeeze more information about horse-drawn cabs in this short book...than I have read before. The images are simply splendid." --Vic Sanborn, Jane Austen's World (November 2009)

Author Bio

Trevor May is the grandson of a coachbuilder who worked in Watford and Harrow around 1900. He is a professional historian and former teacher-trainer. 'Gondolas and Growlers', a study (based on his doctoral thesis) of the London horse-cab trade, was published in 1995. He has written ten other books, including seven other Shire titles.