Brunel: The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Softcover

Buchanan, Angus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185285331X ISBN 13: 9781852853310

Publisher: Hambledon Continuum, 2002

Synopsis

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is admired as one of the greatest of all engineers. His leading role in the transport revolution of the 19th century, and especially in the building of the Great Western Railway, left an indelible mark on the British landscape. His achievements captured the imagination of his contemporaries and subsequent generations. His colossal energy and determination to carry out projects on the largest scale to an extremely high standard set him apart from his rivals. "Brunel" tells the story both of the engineer, who followed his father Marc into what was then a new profession, and of the man. It explores his successes and failures, at home and abroad, including both the broad gauge GWR and the SS Great Eastern, bringing out Brunel's imagination, drive and inventiveness. Above all, it sets him in the context of his times, showing both what made him who he was and how he made the most of the great opportunities offered to him.

About this title

Review:

'The ultimate icon of Victorian Britain turned out to be not a portrait of the great white queen but a grainy photograph of Isambard Kingdom Brunel' J MORDAUNT CROOK

About the Author:

ANGUS BUCHANAN is the author of Industrial Archaeology in Britain. He is Emeritus Professor of the History of Technology in the University of Bath.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hambledon Continuum
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 185285331X
• ISBN 13: 9781852853310
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274