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Brunel very nearly amazed us all by being named outright winner on BBC TV's Greatest Britons, where he was presented by Jeremy Clarkson. In this classic biography, Adrian Vaughan draws on evidence never used before to reveal not just an engineer of genius, a fountain of original ideas and nervous energy, a born actor and courageous leader, but also a man who was obstinate, unjust, dictatorial and in the end paranoid. Outwardly indomitable, Brunel was driven by his 'blue devils': fears and insecurities he confided only to a journal he kept locked. His drive cost others dear: lives and fortunes were lost in the execution of his dramatic projects. He was an engineering knight-errant, not interested in mundane solutions but in daring experiments that would make him famous. Brunel's superbly engineered railways and bridges, and three great ships, serve as his monument. Much of his work is still in place, as serviceable as when it was first built. But he sold his soul to ambition, and like Faust he paid.
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The Satanic Verses of the railway buff's world (The Spectator)
A scintillating biography (Daily Mail)
Darwin told us where we came from, but it was Brunel who took us where we wanted to go (Jeremy Clarkson on BBC TV's Great Britons)
Brunel built modern Britain and Britain built the world, which means Brunel built the world (Jeremy Clarkson on BBC TV'S Great Britons)
Scores over other biographies by pointing up Brunel's dark side, his self-destructiveness andranoia (Daily Telegraph)
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A realistic portrait of the great engineer as a born actor and a courageous leader, but also as obstinate, unjust, dictatorial and, in the end, paranoid.
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- EditoreJohn Murray Pubs Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 0719557488
- ISBN 13 9780719557484
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine304
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