Brunel: The Man Who Built the World by Brindle, Steven
Brunel: The Man Who Built the World by Brindle, Steven

Brunel: The Man Who Built the World

A celebration of the life and engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by two of the world's...
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SKU: 9780753821251
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Author: Steven Brindle
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Brunel: The Man Who Built the World by Brindle, Steven

Brunel: The Man Who Built the World

$46.57
Brunel: The Man Who Built the World by Brindle, Steven

Brunel: The Man Who Built the World

$46.57
Author: Steven Brindle
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A celebration of the life and engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by two of the world's foremost authorities.

In his lifetime, Isambard Kingdom Brunel towered over his profession. Today, he remains the most famous engineer in history, the epitome of the volcanic creative forces which brought about the Industrial Revolution - and brought modern society into being. Brunel's extraordinary talents were drawn out by some remarkable opportunities - above all his appointment as engineer to the new Great Western Railway at the age of 26 - but it was his nature to take nothing for granted, and to look at every project, whether it was the longest railway yet planned, or the largest ship ever imagined, from first principles.

A hard taskmaster to those who served him, he ultimately sacrificed his own life to his work in his tragically early death at the age of 53. His legacy, though, is all around us, in the railways and bridges that he personally designed, and in his wider influence. This fascinating new book draws on Brunel's own diaries, letters and sketchbooks to understand his life, times, and work.



Author: Steven Brindle
Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Published: 06/01/2021
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.14w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780753821251

About the Author
Steven Brindle is a celebrated author and historian. He is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on Brunel and is famed for discovering and saving Brunel's 'lost' iron bridge at Paddington. His previous books include the critically acclaimed PADDINGTON STATION: ITS HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE.
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