Recommend me a book on Brunel?

[ASC1951]

My god daughter has decided to do GCSE Engineering - hurray, I say - and I was looking for a book on one of my heroes.

Too much choice! Has anyone read a biography they can recommend? Not a 500 page tome full of engineering drawings, but there again not something flung together to accompany a TV series.

Ideally it should also explain whether the rising sun does indeed shine through the Box Hill on IKB's birthday.

 

[Hover Fly]

I've not read it myself, but how about this, by a fairly well known railway and steam author?
http://www.camdenmin.co.uk/books-by-tom-rolt/brunel-a-pocket-biography-p-2041.html

 

[Globalti]

What's Left of Brunel by Jonathan Falconer. Lots of pictures, drawings and quite relevant information on everything he built. Very interesting book.

 

[domd1979]

Adrian Vaughan's books are worth a look -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Isambard-Kingdom-Brunel-Engineering-Knight-errant/dp/0719557488

http://www.adrianvaughan.co.uk/?s=booklist

Have enjoyed all the stuff by him that I've read.

 

[Campfire]

That sounds interesting RR - I might look for that for Mr Campfire!