The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer

I actually got this from Gutenberg.org. This was written in the late 1800's by (I think) Brunels son.
The writing style then was very verbose, so this is tedious to read. It would also help if I was an actual
civil engineer and not just an ex-physics major who took a class in Statics.
The descriptions of Brunels bridges and railways use a lot of technical terms and it would be good if I understood more about the British economy and government in the 1800's. There aren't many pictures in here either.
More recent bibliographies would be an easier read.

Brunel accomplished amazing things back then. He and his father built the first tunnel under the Thames. He built railways, many bridges (a number of which are still in use), steam ships and other things.

He was an astonishing engineer and well worth learning more about, but I think you should read other books about him rather then this one.