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Quite interesting journey to Maine Boogeyman's land :)

Advantages: lots of details and anegdotes, interesting view on author's regional background
Disadvantages: some flaws in style, plethoria of facts, bit one-sided

Famous Polish bard, Adam Mickiewicz, once said about the need to go to the country of the poet, to know the true source of his inspiration. Places, people, climate, often take notable place in the creation of most valuable texts. Exactly the same m ...

JakubZielinski 03.01.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Stephen King Country - George Beahm

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Garrow- the rediscovered story of the lost advocate..

Advantages: explains the barbarity of the common law in the 18th century
Disadvantages: it's difficult to comprehend the sheer level of unjust judicial killing

LAST SEEN ON TV! An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers As Geoffrey Robertson QC points out in the foreword to this now wildly popular biography, (following the recent television series), William Garrow ...

PhillipTaylor 11.06.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice - John Hostettler, Richard Braby

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