Thomas Telford:
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L.T.C. Rolt is the author of biographies on several great British engineers, including Brunel and the Stephensons, as well as Narrow Boat.
"Mr. Rolt at the full height of his powers . . . animates the scene with life just as though some old print started out of its pages." —John Betjeman
"Mr. Rolt writes faithfully and thoroughly of Telford's work and achievements. He brings to their interpretation the outlook of an engineer." —Sunday Times
"Mr. Rolt realizes from the start that what makes Telford important is what he did, not what he was . . . an original writer on fresh themes; he knows his subject inside out." —Times Literary Supplement
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