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Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant
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,...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant
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,...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant
This is the first biography to show Brunel as he actually was. Drawing on evidence ignored or suppressed in Rolt's classic Life, Adrian Vaughan reveals not just an engineer of genius, a born actor and a courageous leader, but also a man who was obstinate, unjust, dictatorial...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight Errant
Brunel very nearly amazed us all by being named outright winner on BBC television's Greatest Britons, where he was presented by Jeremy Clarkson. In this biography, Adrian Vaughan draws on a range of evidence to reveal not just an engineer of genius, a fountain of original ideas...
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