The Toughest Half: Women Who Underpinned Britain's Greatest Industry

by Elizabeth Stewart

Lasting barely two centuries throughout the 1700s and 1800s, the Industrial Revolution in Britain propelled the country into the role of the world's premier industrial nation. Known as the 'midwife of the Industrial Revolution' coal was, literally, the driving force behind this power.

Although referred to as 'the black diamond', coal is not a thing of beauty, yet like the true diamond, it is representative of power and wealth.

Coal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1876498617
• ISBN13: 9781876498610
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Ryan Company
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 2.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"