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Looking beyond those gloomy, sentimental pictures

Advantages: Fascinating, comprehensive and very enthusiastic look at Victorian pictures
Disadvantages: Unless the subject matter leaves you cold - absolutely none

...Oh, Victorian paintings. Large, horrible, gloomy, dark, sentimental pictures which you'd cross the street to avoid. Right? Well, no. There's more to them than meets the eye. Victoriana has always had a bad press, but if anybody is equipped to fight b ...

JOHNV 23.03.2010 · Read full review
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Review of The Victorians - Jeremy Paxman

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How the Romans stole our history

Advantages: Gives a different perspective of the Iron Age and Ancient Rome
Disadvantages: It covers 700 years of history so only skims the surface

...Many people will only know of Terry Jones as a comedy writer and one of the founding members of Monty Python who's probably best known for speaking the immortal lines "He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!" There is, however, a much more serio ...

ladybracknell 13.05.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Terry Jones' Barbarians - Terry Jones

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Disappointing: A Great Opportunity Not Fulfilled to Its Potential

Advantages: (mildly) amusing, diagrams, colourful
Disadvantages: may offend some, weak humour, not actually written by 'Top Gear' hosts

I love watching ‘Top Gear’. I’d better start by saying that, because it’s essential that you understand the essence of ‘Top Gear’. The three presenters (Jeremy Clarkson, Richard ‘Hamster’ Hammond, and James May) deliver hilarious reviews of the latest car ...

Tristan009 31.12.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Top Gear The Alternative Highway Code - Richard Porter

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If you want to understand modern Spain read this book

Advantages: Packed with the most up to date information
Disadvantages: Heavy going in places but worthwhile

...I love History, and I love well written History books, and Mr. Beevor writes excellent History books. This one is an extended version of his first book on Spain published in the 90's. Since then a great deal of new information has come to light which has ...

hooligan854321 27.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 - Antony Beevor

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