" A biography of great verve . brings back to vivid life a man who should never have been forgotten " - Andrew Marr "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." - Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph " 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 ." - Guardian "A strikingly clear portrait of the man who helped shape Britain .
A beautifully-written biography, reading almost as a work of classic literature ." - Engineering & Technology " Vivid, enthusiastic . Glover makes an enormously readable and persuasive case for Telford's importance in our national story." - Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times " 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." - BBC Countryfile "Glover has sailed across Telford's aqueducts, walked his towpaths and tracked down his most obscure Scottish bridges [and his] dedication . has paid off.
" - Harry Mount, Spectator " Absorbing . [Glover's] clear, concise style gives the plain-speaking Telford . a fitting literary treatment." - Observer "Glover has . been digging in the archives with Telfordian energy to produce a readable book about an overlooked man." - Damian Whitworth, The Times "This is a fine biography of a man of outstanding genius ." - Who Do You Think You Are? "An engaging new biography which celebrates the achievements of the Borders boy who invented the modern road" - Sunday Post "[Glover] has avoided hagiography in this engaging, evocative and very readable tale" - Financial Times "Affectionate . His was a classic tale of self-help straight out of Samuel Smiles, with much of the romance of a Dickens tale.
" - Literary Review " Absorbing . As an account of a hugely talented and ambitious architect-engineer and the times in which he lived Glover's book would be hard to better. Drawing from a wide range of sources, 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 . Glover has done well to revive the saga of Tam Telford." - Herald.