Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant - Hardcover

Vaughan, Adrian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719546362 ISBN 13: 9780719546365

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1991

Synopsis

This text chronicles the life of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and diverges from Rolt's classic study of Brunel which largely omitted the more unsavoury aspects of his character. Alongside his great achievements, this book describes a man who was obstinate, dictatorial and, in the end, paranoid.

About this title

About the Author:

Adrian Vaughan, foremost railway historian, discovered Brunel's Great Western railway in 1946, when he passed under the line daily on his way to school. He worked on the railways until 1975, since when he has written sixteen books on the subject. He lives in Norfolk.

Review:

'The Satanic Verses of the railway buff's world' -- The Spectator 'A scintillating biography' -- Daily Mail 'Darwin told us where we came from, but it was Brunel who took us where we wanted to go' -- Jeremy Clarkson on BBC TV's Great Britons 'Brunel built modern Britain and Britain built the world, which means Brunel built the world' -- Jeremy Clarkson on BBC TV'S Great Britons 'Scores over other biographies by pointing up Brunel's dark side, his self-destructiveness andranoia' -- Daily Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0719546362
• ISBN 13: 9780719546365
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 286