A major new biography of Britain’s greatest engineer, the visionary Isambard Kingdom Brunel

A lavishly illustrated title from acknowledged railway expert Colin G. Maggs, presenting the story of Hampshire’s branch lines.

There is little disagreement that Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a towering genius of the Victorian age, but what about the man behind the reputation?

New B-format paperback edition. The history of steam in Britain, from the Rocket in 1829, through to the last main line locomotive in the 1960s.

Looking back at the impact of Britain’s Big Four railway companies, 100 years later