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Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
1880–1924
A lively early-20th-century writer, he turned big subjects like railways, shipping, lighthouses, aviation, and film into brisk, readable books for general audiences. His work also included travel writing, especially on Canada and other developing frontiers.
7 Audiobooks
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
Practical Cinematography and Its Applications
by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
The Railway Conquest of the World
by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
Moving Pictures: How They Are Made and Worked
by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
Lightships and Lighthouses
by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
Millions from Waste
by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
About the author
Born in 1880 and dying in 1924, Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot was a British author whose books explored technology, industry, and travel at a time when modern infrastructure was rapidly changing everyday life.
His published work ranges widely, from The Railway Conquest of the World and Lightships and Lighthouses to Practical Cinematography and Its Applications and Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War. Taken together, those titles show a writer fascinated by how things were built, how they worked, and how new inventions were reshaping the world.
Talbot also wrote about Canada, including The New Garden of Canada and The Making of a Great Canadian Railway, bringing a sense of adventure to large engineering projects and remote landscapes. Many of his books remain available today through public-domain libraries, which has helped preserve his place as an energetic popular writer of the machine age.