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Man Of Iron: Thomas Telford And The Building Of Britain By Julian
Glover (Paperback, 2017)
The enthralling Sunday Times-bestselling biography of the shepherd boy who changed the world with his revolutionary engineering and whose genius we still benefit from todayThomas Telford's name is familiar; his story less so Born in 1757 in the Scottish Borders his father died in his infancy plunging the family into poverty Telford's life soared to span almost eight decades of gloriously obsessive prodigiously productive energy Few people have done more to shape our nation A stonemason turned architect turned engineer Telford invented the modern road built churches harbours canals docks the famously vertiginous Pontcysyllte aqueduct in Wales and the dramatic Menai Bridge His constructions were the greatest in Europe for a thousand years and - astonishingly - almost everything he ever built
remains in use today Intimate expansive and drawing on contemporary accounts Man of Iron is the first full modern biography of Telford It is a book of roads and landscapes waterways and bridges but above all of how one man transformed himself into the greatest engineer Britain has ever produced
remains in use today Intimate expansive and drawing on contemporary accounts Man of Iron is the first full modern biography of Telford It is a book of roads and landscapes waterways and bridges but above all of how one man transformed himself into the greatest engineer Britain has ever produced
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