BigPicture REVERENCE LIBRARY VOLUME ONE Reverence Library Volume One is the first in a new series of abridged pocket encyclopaedias, 'inspired by fact and reworked by fiction'. Essentially reference books with lies in. Printed by Edinburgh publishers, Sing Statistics, each volume sees a handful of writers and illustrators interpreting three subjects through art and short fiction. Volume One concerns galleons, Nikola Tesla, and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Georges Nagelmackers, depicted here by illustrator William Goldsmith, was the Belgian transport mogul who founded the company responsible for operating the Orient Express trains. Available from singstatistics.co.uk or Analogue Books, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, £10.