Isambard Kingdom Brunel [Paperback]

Richard Tames (Author)

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Release Date: Oct 20 2009 | Series: Shire Library

The famous son of a famous father, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest engineer in an era of engineering titans. He helped drive the first tunnel under a navigable river, built the first all iron ship, bridged the Tamar and Avon, constructed the first railway to run express services and launched the world's first true luxury liner - a vessel five times bigger than any previously attempted. Success was often bought at a high price - in money and men's lives. Brunel himself was nearly drowned in his father's Thames Tunnel. Over a hundred laborers were killed excavating Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway. The Great Eastern bankrupted its backers. Brunel's experimental 'gaz engine' and atmospheric railway both proved costly failures. He died knowing only that the maiden voyage of the Great Eastern had ended in disaster and that the Clifton suspension bridge, his first major triumph was still uncompleted. In 2002 Brunel was voted second in a BBC poll of the ten greatest Britons of all time. This is his story.

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Product Details

Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Shire (Oct 20 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0747807582
ISBN-13: 978-0747807582
Product Dimensions: 14.9 x 1.8 x 21 cm
Shipping Weight: 141 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #169,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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About the Author

Richard Tames is the originator of the 'Lifelines' series. He read history at Cambridge, took a Master's degree in politics at London and teaches for Syracuse University's London Programme. He is a qualified 'Blue Badge' tourist guide.