Orient Express - The Story of A Legend

"Welcome to a beautiful and never ending journey" - Sir Kenneth Branagh

This book pays homage to the most romantic ways of travelling. Trains. Most notably the most famous voyage and its intricacies. Interiors as well as people, practicalities and novelties of the journey are all in this wonderfully presented book. 

Text by Guillaume Pieon

Preface by Kenneth Branagh

Photography by Benjamin Chelly

" The Orient Express, the first train to connect Europe and the gateway to the East and the incarnation of all the desires and fantasies associated with it, was an immediate success. Quickly becoming known as the 'king of trains, the train of kings', it became a legend in its own lifetime. Forty years after its final journey, Orient Express opens up previously unpublished archives and the doors to the restoration workshops, where the historic carriages, witnesses to this mythical story, are being brought back to life...

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