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Old King Coal - From Rags to Riches Advantages: Packed with detail : a good social history Disadvantages: Lacks definition. Could be editorially trimmed significantly This is the first book by Catherine Bailey, a successful and award winning television producer and director with a range of critically acclaimed documentaries to her credit. A meticulously researched work, it traces the history of the Fitzwilliam family, in the earlier half of the twentieth century, when they were one of the Britain’s richest families. Their wealth was chiefly based on coal and their history is inextricably linked with the fortunes ... ...palatial Georgian gem, Wentworth House, situated five miles from Sheffield and in the heart of mining country, being surrounded by around seventy collieries, some of which they owned. With its 365 rooms, 1000 windows and five miles of corridors it remains, to this day, the largest private house in Europe. In its hay day, the staff consisted of some 300 outdoor and 85 indoor servants. With its huge reception rooms, gilded stucco pre-Adam ceilings, ... suesie 12.07.2007 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Black Diamonds: the Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty - Catherine Bailey	Degree of Information How interesting was the... How useful was it? Would you read it again? Value for money
The Forgotten Soldier Advantages: A remarkable account into the daily life of a soldier on the Eastern Front Disadvantages: None. ...extremely powerful and compelling. The book moved me greatly, so much, indeed, that i read it again this week. As other reviewers have mentioned, this book is a young German soldier's account of his experiences in combat on the Eastern Front from 1942 until Spring of 1945. Guy Sajer, oldest son of a French father and a German mother shares his experiences of basic combat training. Here he was surprised by the harshness and brutality which he endured. ... ...the cadre of the German Army were beyond harsh. Early on after completing his training he recounts his two week leave during which he meets and falls in love with Paula, a young Berlin girl. This was easily the lightest portion of the book but the 3 page sequence describing his leaving Paula to go back to the front lines was one which may remind many readers of their first true love lost. It is one of the most poignant and touching farewell scenes ... Bryanova 17.12.2007 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of The Forgotten Soldier - L. Emmet (Translator), Guy Sajer	Degree of Information How interesting was the... How useful was it? Would you read it again? Value for money
Read this if ever really want to understand the stupidity of wa Advantages: More than just a history of D-Day Disadvantages: None This book should be required reading for presidents and prime-ministers, generals and school children the world around. Beevor has managed not only to provide a detailed factual history of the D-Day landings but also to capture the mood and spirit of the times. This is the way that history should be written. He gives a clear analysis of the competence and incompetence of the senior officers involved on both sides and the warning that he provides ... ...a dictator, having been subjected to years of propoganda might well have been an important piece of psychology that could have assisted Messrs Cheney and Bush in their thinking. The book is crammed with information, not just about troop movements, the importance of the weather and luck, but also the personal histories of the lives and deaths of the soldiers involved. One knows how the story turns out, but this is not just an another review of the ... clb-profis 24.07.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of D-Day: The Battle for Normandy - Antony Beevor	Degree of Information How interesting was the... How useful was it? Would you read it again? Value for money
Long overdue Advantages: Fascinating reading Disadvantages: - ...been late in coming, and a little less forceful in affect and event. Perhaps history is to blame here -- the Welsh have been only marginally protected by geography; the mountainous area was difficult terrain to conquer, but the supply lines to those mountains were relatively easy to maintain and sustain, unlike the trek to the northern reaches of Scotland or crossing the sea into Ireland, areas that (however much English history might want to contradict ... ...so fortunate. Indeed, it is a miracle that the Welsh survive. The Scots lost land, language and independence, but retained administrative and legal systems separations that preserved many aspects of nationhood. The Irish never completely lost independence. The Welsh, however, lost practically everything of nationhood, and barely sustained an independent culture. Thus, when the 'nations' of the British Isles began to re-exert their independent interpretations ... frkurt 06.09.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of A History of Wales - John Davies	Degree of Information How interesting was the... How useful was it? Would you read it again? Value for money
Power without Responsibility - A useful buy Advantages: source information Disadvantages: brief explanations some times Found this book very useful for my Journalism and Society topic. Lecturer did recommend buying it, and rightly so. Covers substansial background information, not just for journalists, it covers television, radio, online. Covers press, broadcasting and new media in Britian. The delievery too, was quick and straight forward, I recieved this book within 4 days from amazon. Very impressed. The book is up-to-date with new media and is very accessible. ... ...into clear precise tables, which are nicely layed out. Throughout the chapters, the book clearly highlights useful studies and critical reviews which were needed for my assignment. The book briefly explains the study or piece of research, and simply which is good. If I found myself needing to use a particular study I would research more thoroughly, but found it useful as the book became the catalyst for many of my pieces of research. Part 1 Press ... claireedwards27 16.02.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Power without Responsibility - James Curran, Jean Seaton	Degree of Information How interesting was the... How useful was it? Would you read it again? Value for money