Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by L T C Rolt

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Engineering, visionary and magnetic personality, he transformed the face of England.
L T C Rolt

“Mr Rolt has the rare gift of making the technical problems of engineering interesting to the layman. He combines this with an appreciation of Brunel’s forthright, vigorous and humorous character”, John Betjeman, The Daily Telegraph

Paperback. Creased cover. Inside front co ver inscribed with previous owner’s name and address and ‘186/7 Sarcastic letter to hotel’ and ‘201 constellations’

449 pages
16-page section of b&w photographs
130 mm x 196 mm (approx. 5 in x 7.75 in)
1989, Penguin Books.