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Luxury Train Books
'Murder on the Orient
Express' by Agatha Christie (1933):
A 'must read' is the classic
'Murder on the Orient Express' by Agatha Christie. Here you will find Belgian
detective Hercule Poirot mingling with Russian princesses, American millionaires,
Hungarian diplomats and British colonels on the famous 'Orient Express'
which gets stuck in a snow drift in the Balkans.
'Luxus Zuege' (in German)
by Heimo Aga (1997):
A fabulous book on contemporary
luxury trains has been written by Heimo Aga also in German 'Luxus Zuge'.
Huge colour photos of many of the luxury train journeys depicted in our
feature. This highly glossy coffee table book recounts the adventures of
Austrian journalist Aga on trains all over the world. |
For Germany: Amazon.de |
'Venice Simplon Orient-Express
The World's Most Celebrated Train' by Shirley Sherwood (1996):
One of the most authoritative
books available is 'Venice Simplon Orient-Express The World's Most Celebrated
Train' by Shirley Sherwood. After the last trip of the Orient-Express in
1977, her husband bought original Orient-Express carriages at the Sotheby's
sale in Monte Carlo. The train went on its inaugural voyage in 1982 and
has been in operation ever since. |
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'125 years Compagnie
Internationale des Wagon- Lits' by Albert Muehl and Juergen Klein (1998):
For those interested in
history the book '125 years Compagnie Internationale des Wagon-Lits' by
Albert Muehl and Juergen Klein trilingual in English, French and German
presents a journey into the past depicting the many colour posters that
were used to advertise the CIWL trains. |
For Germany: Amazon.de |
'Luxury Trains' by George
Behrend (1982):
'Luxury Trains' written
by world authority George Behrend is a nostalgic rerun of those fabled
'Trains de Luxe'. Remember the dream about England's 'Golden Arrow', America's
'Twentieth Century Limited', Germany's 'Rheingold', France's 'Train Bleu'
and the international jet set's 'Orient Express'. On these trains kings
travelling incognito together with secret agents, femmes fatales and Hollywood
tycoons. |
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