Книга Isambard Kingdom Brunel
In this full-scale biography Colin Maggs presents a portrait of a complex, ambitious and determined genius. But the Brunel that emerges is not without flaws. He made mistakes, both personal and technical – he wasn't always right but never admitted he was wrong. Drawing on Brunel's diaries, letters and business papers, we see the real Isambard, a more human figure, emerging from behind the towering structures and machines he created.
- The first new, full-length
biography for almost sixty years
- Author a recognised
authority and his last book, 'A History of the GWR', well received:
'Comprehensive and full of charming anecdotes’ CHRISTIAN WOLMAR
- Reviews in the national newspapers,
history, engineering and railway press to include the Daily Mail, the
Sunday Times, BBC History
Magazine, Steam Railway, the Railway Magazine, the
Engineer and Association for Industrial Archaeology
- Subject of the book is relevant to many
museums and visitor attractions including: SS Great Britain & Brunel
Archive (Bristol), The Brunel Museum Thames Tunnel (London), Paddington and
Bristol Temple Meads railway stations, The National Railway Museum (York), Steam:
The Museum of the GWR (Swindon), The Science Museum (London), Museum of Science
and Industry (Manchester) and Bristol M Shed (Bristol)