Advantages: Well written Disadvantages: Some of the smaller details, like inventories, were overlong
They say that truth is stranger than fiction and this novel of the amazing life of Florence Baker is truly unbelievable.
Barbara Maria Szasz (the future Florence Baker) was born in Transylvania in 1845. At the age of 4 her mother and brothers wer ...
Advantages: An enjoyable read about a nice bloke Disadvantages: Nothing terribly exciting happens
"My name is Arthur Smith, unless there's anybody here from Streatham Tax Office, in which case I'm Daphne Fairfax." This is how Arthur Smith admits he's been opening his act for years but, in fact, he's neither Arthur Smith nor Daphne Fairfax. In reali ...
'Very well written, critical and thoroughly researched' it says on the back. Well, two out of three ain't bad, as some other popster had it. The other quote is 'Rigorously researched and thoroughly readable'. Notably these quotes are for the author an ...