{"product_id":"the-channel-tunnel-and-the-calvin-a-rosario-9798299363555","title":"The Channel Tunnel and the Making of a Modern Wonder: How Britain and France Conquered Politics, Engineering, and the Sea to Unite Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Channel Tunnel and the Making of a Modern Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e is the gripping story of how two nations, long divided by war and suspicion, forced themselves to trust-and dug toward each other in secret until one historic day, deep beneath the Channel, their hands finally met.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside these pages, you'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe secret fears that stopped earlier tunnel attempts dead in their tracks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Margaret Thatcher and François Mitterrand struck the deal that would change Europe forever.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dangerous, claustrophobic world of the tunneling crews who battled rock, water, and exhaustion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Tunnel transformed trade, travel, and politics-and why its future still hangs in the balance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is more than the history of an engineering project. It is a human drama of ambition and rivalry, failure and triumph, that reads like a thriller. If you love stories of impossible odds, bold visionaries, and the triumph of determination over doubt, this book will keep you turning the pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Calvin A. Rosario\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798299363555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Calvin A. Rosario","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997109498111,"sku":"9798299363555","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-channel-tunnel-and-the-calvin-a-rosario-9798299363555","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}