Product Description

James Brindley invented the canal in Britain, creating the spark for the industrial revolution and canal. This is the first twentieth-century Brindley biography.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #279128 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

About the Author
Nick Corble is a freelance author from High Wycombe and is a canal enthusiast. This is his second book.

Customer Reviews

I've Just Lost A Friend
I read this book from cover to cover in a day. Corble has a great style, imparting his knowledge effortlessly whilst making it easy for the layman to come along on the journey with him. I bought the book as I wanted to know a bit more about canals, and now I do - a lot more, but really the book is about the man. Corble tells Brindley's story as just that - a story. There's plenty of characterisation, background, anecdotes and trivia so that by the time I reached the end I felt I'd got to know the man and even felt a bit emotional - I felt I'd lost a friend! This would make a great film, plenty of scope for cameos with people like Josiah Wedgwood, an errant Duke and even a young bride for a splash of romance. Who would play Brindley though? Alan Armstrong?

James Brindley First Canal Builder
A very readable account of the life this fascinating man. A must for anyone interested in the building of canals or, like me, the industrial revolution.