Brunel: A Pocket Biography: A Pocket Biography

by L.T.C. Rolt

At 19, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was in charge, under his father, of an engineering work that is the wonder of Europe: the Thames tunnel, completed in 1843. This book traces Brunel's life and career, the man of immense energy who came to dominate civil engineering in the 19th century and whose legacy can still be seen nearly two centuries later. L.T.C. Rolt was one of the first narrative historians, an industrial pioneer and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750942940
• ISBN13: 9780750942942
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.8"