Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain
De (autor) Julian Gloveren Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 Jan 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781408837481
ISBN-10: 140883748X
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: 2x8 page colour inserts
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării: London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 140883748X
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: 2x8 page colour inserts
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării: London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Will
appeal
to
readers
interested
in
the
Industrial
Revolution
and
to
all
those
that
voted
Brunel
second
only
to
Churchill
in
the
BBC's
2006
public
poll
determining
the
100
Greatest
Britons
Notă biografică
Julian
Glover
is
a
journalist,
speechwriter
and
special
adviser.
Previously
a
columnist
for
the
Guardian,
in
2011
he
was
appointed
chief
speechwriter
to
David
Cameron
before
in
2012
being
made
special
adviser
in
the
UK
Department
for
Transport.
He
is
married
to
The
Times
columnist
and
former
Conservative
MP
Matthew
Parris.
Recenzii
A
biography
of
great
verve
.
brings
back
to
vivid
life
a
man
who
should
never
have
been
forgotten
'Glover has done detailed research and any other author will struggle to improve on his life of Telford . Man of Iron is a competent, interesting book about an engineer whose star . deserves to shine a little brighter'
'An evocative biography of Britain's greatest civil engineer . An evocative telling of an interesting life, an account that has lots to admire . Glover catches the thrill of Telford's engineering quite beautifully'
'A strikingly clear portrait of the man who helped shape Britain. ... A beautifully-written biography, reading almost as a work of classic literature'
'Vivid, enthusiastic . Glover makes an enormously readable and persuasive case for Telford's importance in our national story'
'Astonishing and inspiring . Mixing effortless prose with genuine insight has produced an immersive biography that proves hard to put down . The story of Thomas Telford is the story of modern Britain, and never has it been so well told'
'Glover has sailed across Telford's aqueducts, walked his towpaths and tracked down his most obscure Scottish bridges [and his] dedication . has paid off'
'Absorbing . [Glover's] clear, concise style gives the plain-speaking Telford . a fitting literary treatment'
'Glover has ... been digging in the archives with Telfordian energy to produce a readable book about an overlooked man'
'This is a fine biography of a man of outstanding genius'
An engaging new biography which celebrates the achievements of the Borders boy who invented the modern road
[Glover] has avoided hagiography in this engaging, evocative and very readable tale
He paints a vivid picture of a man who was at once massively gifted, restless, ambitious, arrogant and utterly relentless in pursuit of his projects . A superb biography. Lengthy but rewarding, it sets Telford in the clash, clamour, stink and roar of Britain in the Georgian era
Julian Glover applies his skills as a journalist to write a very readable biography charting the history of Telford's work
Glover digs in the archives with Telfordian energy to produce a readable book about the overlooked man
Thomas Telford, the great builder of bridges, canals aqueducts, churches and roads, is less famous than say, Christopher Wren or Isambard Kingdom Brunel. After you read this engrossing biography, you will wonder why
'Glover has done detailed research and any other author will struggle to improve on his life of Telford . Man of Iron is a competent, interesting book about an engineer whose star . deserves to shine a little brighter'
'An evocative biography of Britain's greatest civil engineer . An evocative telling of an interesting life, an account that has lots to admire . Glover catches the thrill of Telford's engineering quite beautifully'
'A strikingly clear portrait of the man who helped shape Britain. ... A beautifully-written biography, reading almost as a work of classic literature'
'Vivid, enthusiastic . Glover makes an enormously readable and persuasive case for Telford's importance in our national story'
'Astonishing and inspiring . Mixing effortless prose with genuine insight has produced an immersive biography that proves hard to put down . The story of Thomas Telford is the story of modern Britain, and never has it been so well told'
'Glover has sailed across Telford's aqueducts, walked his towpaths and tracked down his most obscure Scottish bridges [and his] dedication . has paid off'
'Absorbing . [Glover's] clear, concise style gives the plain-speaking Telford . a fitting literary treatment'
'Glover has ... been digging in the archives with Telfordian energy to produce a readable book about an overlooked man'
'This is a fine biography of a man of outstanding genius'
An engaging new biography which celebrates the achievements of the Borders boy who invented the modern road
[Glover] has avoided hagiography in this engaging, evocative and very readable tale
He paints a vivid picture of a man who was at once massively gifted, restless, ambitious, arrogant and utterly relentless in pursuit of his projects . A superb biography. Lengthy but rewarding, it sets Telford in the clash, clamour, stink and roar of Britain in the Georgian era
Julian Glover applies his skills as a journalist to write a very readable biography charting the history of Telford's work
Glover digs in the archives with Telfordian energy to produce a readable book about the overlooked man
Thomas Telford, the great builder of bridges, canals aqueducts, churches and roads, is less famous than say, Christopher Wren or Isambard Kingdom Brunel. After you read this engrossing biography, you will wonder why