Orient Express: The Legend of Travel

This photographic guide to the history and culture surrounding the legendary Orient Express train, offers an intimate look at all that took place within its luxurious carriages, from its famous passengers including Tolstoy and Grace Kelly, to the stories created by Hemingway and Agatha Christie. As both the first trans-European train and first luxury train in European history, the Orient Express commenced its first journey in 1883 when it crossed 10 countries in a single run, bringing passengers from Paris to Constantinople in 76 hours. Its visionary engineers combined long distance travel with a high level of refinement, successfully bringing the art of the train ride to its peak for more than a century, which inspired books, films and songs, and ultimately the first luxury airlines. To board the Orient Express is an adventure that feeds all the fantasies, and this book tells us why. Assouline, RRP: USD $85.00