The Story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel: The man who built Britain
No. of pages 112
Published: 2017
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This book is part of a book series called Great Victorians .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by Short Books Ltd .
Amanda Mitchison is the author of Alexander Selkirk: The Real Robinson Crusoe (Short Books). She lives in Bristol, and has two young sons.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The son of a French engineer, Kingdom's first notable achievement was the part he played with his father in planning the Thames Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping, completed in 1843. He was responsible for the design of several famous ships but the work for which he is probably best remembered is his construction of a network of tunnels, bridges and viaducts for the Great Western Railway.
