I&#x27;m reading Voice Across The Sea now and Arthur C. Clarke called Brunel, &quot;the greatest engineering genius of the Victorian era - perhaps, indeed, the only man in the last five hundred years to come within hailing distance of Leonardo da Vinci.&quot;<p>He was also a fan of L.T.C Rolt&#x27;s biography: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;1828514.Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;1828514.Isambard_Kingdom...</a>