Isambard Kingdom Brunel: The Engineering Visionary

In a BBC poll in 2002, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted the second-greatest Briton of all time, only eclipsed by Winston Churchill.

In the soaring ambitions of the Victorian age, nobody thought bigger than Brunel; indeed, it's often claimed that that, through his ships, bridges, tunnels and railways, he played a critical role in creating the modern world. Never tied to a dusty office, he crammed enough work, adventure and danger into a single year to last a lesser person a lifetime. He was ...