Antony J Stowers

No. 1 Antony J Stowers

Set in Regency England 1810-1825, 'No. 1' - draws on the real and the imagined from every region of the North East of England present at the dawn of the railway age, starting on 18th September 1810 in Stockton and finishing there on 28th September 1825. History didn't record it also inadvertently carrying a boy fleeing from a miscarriage of justice and an ex-Battle of Waterloo veteran intent on silencing him but history can now be straightened out in this ambitious recreation by Darlington-born writer Antony J (Tony) Stowers where fact and fiction are blended through real-life personalities, known historical events and ordinary people whose lives were impacted by this revolutionary technology. It also features a re-imagined, detailed account of the opening itself on 27th September 1825.