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Summary
Author: (Brunel) Rolt, L.T.C.
Title: Isambard Kingdom Brunel. A biography.
Publication: London, Book Club Associates 1971 (”seventh impression”).
Price: £10
Reference: 10118
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8vo. xiv+(4)+345+(1)pp, 28 photo ills on plates. Publisher’s cloth, in dustwrapper. Jill Allibone’s copy, with acquisition date May 1971.
The first in-depth modern biography of the great engineer, recently deemed one of the three most important Britons of all time. Rolt’s book, first published in 1957, is an excellent introduction to the man and his work.