Brunel
Subtitle: the life and times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
By: R. Angus Buchanan.
Publisher: Hambledon and London
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, -- 1806-1859; Civil engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: xxiv, 294 p., [16] p. of plates : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: An age of revolutions; title: Apprenticeship; title: Castles in the sky; title: Bristol; title: The great western railway; title: Overseas projects; title: Disasters; title: The great ship; title: Other significant works; title: The professional man; title: Politics and society; title: Victorian family man; title: The heroic age of British engineering.