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A biography of great verve … brings back to vivid life a man who should never have been forgotten
A biography of great verve … brings back to vivid life a man who should never have been forgotten
‘Glover has done detailed research and any other author will struggle to improve on his life of Telford … Man of Iron is a competent, interesting book about an engineer whose star … deserves to shine a little brighter’
‘An evocative biography of Britain’s greatest civil engineer … An evocative telling of an interesting life, an account that has lots to admire … Glover catches the thrill of Telford’s engineering quite beautifully’
‘A strikingly clear portrait of the man who helped shape Britain. ... A beautifully-written biography, reading almost as a work of classic literature’
‘Vivid, enthusiastic … Glover makes an enormously readable and persuasive case for Telford’s importance in our national story’
‘Astonishing and inspiring … Mixing effortless prose with genuine insight has produced an immersive biography that proves hard to put down … The story of Thomas Telford is the story of modern Britain, and never has it been so well told’
‘Glover has sailed across Telford’s aqueducts, walked his towpaths and tracked down his most obscure Scottish bridges [and his] dedication … has paid off’
‘Absorbing … [Glover’s] clear, concise style gives the plain-speaking Telford … a fitting literary treatment’
‘Glover has ... been digging in the archives with Telfordian energy to produce a readable book about an overlooked man’
‘This is a fine biography of a man of outstanding genius’
An engaging new biography which celebrates the achievements of the Borders boy who invented the modern road
[Glover] has avoided hagiography in this engaging, evocative and very readable tale
He paints a vivid picture of a man who was at once massively gifted, restless, ambitious, arrogant and utterly relentless in pursuit of his projects … A superb biography. Lengthy but rewarding, it sets Telford in the clash, clamour, stink and roar of Britain in the Georgian era
Julian Glover applies his skills as a journalist to write a very readable biography charting the history of Telford’s work
Glover digs in the archives with Telfordian energy to produce a readable book about the overlooked man
Thomas Telford, the great builder of bridges, canals aqueducts, churches and roads, is less famous than say, Christopher Wren or Isambard Kingdom Brunel. After you read this engrossing biography, you will wonder why
Julian Glover is a journalist, speechwriter and special adviser. Previously a columnist for the Guardian, in 2011 he was appointed chief speechwriter to David Cameron before in 2012 being made special adviser in the UK Department for Transport. He is married to The Times columnist and former Conservative MP Matthew Parris.
A biography of great verve … brings back to vivid life a man who should never have been forgotten
‘Glover has done detailed research and any other author will struggle to improve on his life of Telford … Man of Iron is a competent, interesting book about an engineer whose star … deserves to shine a little brighter’
‘An evocative biography of Britain’s greatest civil engineer … An evocative telling of an interesting life, an account that has lots to admire … Glover catches the thrill of Telford’s engineering quite beautifully’
‘A strikingly clear portrait of the man who helped shape Britain. ... A beautifully-written biography, reading almost as a work of classic literature’
‘Vivid, enthusiastic … Glover makes an enormously readable and persuasive case for Telford’s importance in our national story’
‘Astonishing and inspiring … Mixing effortless prose with genuine insight has produced an immersive biography that proves hard to put down … The story of Thomas Telford is the story of modern Britain, and never has it been so well told’
‘Glover has sailed across Telford’s aqueducts, walked his towpaths and tracked down his most obscure Scottish bridges [and his] dedication … has paid off’
‘Absorbing … [Glover’s] clear, concise style gives the plain-speaking Telford … a fitting literary treatment’
‘Glover has ... been digging in the archives with Telfordian energy to produce a readable book about an overlooked man’
‘This is a fine biography of a man of outstanding genius’
An engaging new biography which celebrates the achievements of the Borders boy who invented the modern road
[Glover] has avoided hagiography in this engaging, evocative and very readable tale
He paints a vivid picture of a man who was at once massively gifted, restless, ambitious, arrogant and utterly relentless in pursuit of his projects … A superb biography. Lengthy but rewarding, it sets Telford in the clash, clamour, stink and roar of Britain in the Georgian era
Julian Glover applies his skills as a journalist to write a very readable biography charting the history of Telford’s work
Glover digs in the archives with Telfordian energy to produce a readable book about the overlooked man
Thomas Telford, the great builder of bridges, canals aqueducts, churches and roads, is less famous than say, Christopher Wren or Isambard Kingdom Brunel. After you read this engrossing biography, you will wonder why
Julian Glover is a journalist, speechwriter and special adviser. Previously a columnist for the Guardian, in 2011 he was appointed chief speechwriter to David Cameron before in 2012 being made special adviser in the UK Department for Transport. He is married to The Times columnist and former Conservative MP Matthew Parris.