Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain by Jeremy Paxman

Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain

Jeremy Paxman

320 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Coal is the commodity that made Britain. Dirty and polluting though it is, this black rock has acted as a midwife to genius. It drove industry, religion, politics, empire and trade. It powered the industrial revolution, turned Britain into the fi...

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