title: Isambard Kingdom Brunel: The Life of an Engineering Genius
author: Colin Maggs MBE
description: Colin Maggs is one of the country's foremost transport and engineering historians and has written over one hundred books as well as innumerable magazine articles. He has also made several TV and radio appearances. In 1993 he received the MBE for services to railway history. He lives in Bath.
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  ‘His suitably monumental work . . . For the scientifically challenged, one of
  the great virtues of Brindle’s book is its charitable explanations of the
  intricacies
  
  
  of engineering . . . The book also goes some way to unpick the character of
  Brunel . . . in carefully selected oils and prints, there are numerous
  glimpses of the public responses to his work . . .
  
  
  this book provides a superb commentary on Brunel’s industriousness, vision,
  and technical brilliance. He might not have been the greatest Briton, but
  after reading this wonderful work all
  
  
  should concur that Brunel can lay claim to the title of Britain’s greatest
  engineer’
  
  
  
  
  
  Tristram Hunt, _History Today_
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘The content is detailed, but nonetheless entertaining for anyone simply
  requiring an enjoyable book . . . It gives an intriguing insight into the
  character of a great
  
  
  engineer, pursuing sometimes too ambitious ideas and plans’
  
  
  
  
  
  Bill Richmond, _Times Educational Supplement_
  
  