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The Channel Tunnel and the Making of a Modern Wonder: How Britain and France Conquered Politics, Engineering, and the Sea to Unite Europe

The Channel Tunnel and the Making of a Modern Wonder: How Britain and France Conquered Politics, Engineering, and the Sea to Unite Europe

A. Rosario, Calvin

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ISBN13: 9798299363555
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 22 2025
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Two hundred years ago, Napoleon dreamed of a passage beneath the sea. Victorians drew bold blueprints, only to abandon them to fear and politics. Wars, rivalries, and national pride buried the idea again and again. For centuries, the Channel was not a bridge-it was a barrier.

Then, against the odds, visionaries dared to try once more. Out of the chalk and darkness, a tunnel began to take shape-an audacious gamble to carve a hidden highway beneath one of the world's most treacherous stretches of water. What followed was a saga of colossal machines, political battles at the highest levels, financial disasters, and workers who risked their lives in the depths of the earth. At every stage, failure loomed larger than success.

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