About the Author

Deborah Cadbury is the award-winning TV science producer for the BBC, including Horizon for which she won an Emmy . She is also the highly-acclaimed author of ‘The Seven Wonders of the Industrial World’, ‘The Feminisation of Nature’, ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’, ‘The Lost King of France’ and ‘Space Race’.

Reviews

"A fascinating look at the technological triumphs of the in the nineteenth century." -- Booklist"Cadbury has a knack for providing interesting asides...an engaging and informative read." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Engrossing...DREAMS OF IRON AND STEEL celebrates the triumphs not just of engineering but of the questing human spirit." -- Stephen Fox, author of Transatlantic"An engaging and informative read." -- San Francisco Chronicle