The definitive biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution and number 2 in the BBC's Great Britons poll.
L. T. C. Rolt was born at Chester in 1910. After his education at Cheltenham College he embarked on am engineering career, until he decided to turn to writing. Among his many publications were biographies of Thomas Telford and George and Robert Stevenson (both published by Penguin). Mr Rolt died in 1974.
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