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Pellow of Penryn - just one in a million Advantages: Readable, fact-filled account of a little-known area of history Disadvantages: Explicit brutality ...the practice of trading in white slaves from across Europe and colonial North America had been established for over a century. I was shocked to learn of raids that had been carried out in Cornwall, Wales and as far afield as Iceland, to supplement the numbers taken on the high seas. Morocco was not the only destination, either: "Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli also had thriving slave trade auctions" at this time. The larger story that Giles Milton therefore ... ...life. The tragedy is that it was not better understood in its time. Highly Recommended! White Gold is published by Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0340794690, cover price £18.99, currently selling on Amazon at £15.99. A paperback edition has just been released ISBN 0340794704, price £7.99. ... Discerna 05.05.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of White Gold - Giles Milton	Degree of Information How interesting was the... How useful was it? Would you read it again? Value for money
Only a TRACE of information Advantages: Colour coded for ease of use Disadvantages: No real information on how to find the things spoken about ...the process. I bought the Who Do You Think You Are - Trace your family history back to the Tudors about a month ago now and was hoping it would give me some valuable tips on how to continue my search. I'm afraid to say however I was thoroughly disappointed. However for the sake of this review I will start with the books good points. The book is split into three sections: 1/Discovering your early ancestors 2/Their life and times and 3/Where to go ... ...of information, which is made easier by the fact that each section has a different colour; red, green and blue respectively. Another point to note is that the book does contain celebrity case-studies within it to give the reader an idea of what can be found out and a rough idea of how to go about it. The final good point about the book is the last section, which contains a list of useful but more importantly up-to-date website address. A list of ... MI9to5 03.09.2008 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Who Do You Think You Are?: Trace Your Family History Back to the Tudors: Bk. 3 - Nick Barratt, Anton Gill	Degree of Information How interesting was the... How useful was it? Would you read it again? Value for money
An excellent portrayal of London past and present Advantages: Excellent read. Disadvantages: None If anyone is fit to right a biography of London then it is without a doubt Peter Ackroyd. As a native Londoner his passion and fascination with the capital is clear throughout this 79 chapter compendium of London past and present. One of the key things that makes this unique from any other guide book or ‘History of London’ is the order in which Ackroyd has chosen to explore London. Rather than dividing the chapters up to encompass neat districts ... ...sprawling, uncontrollable nature of the city by following a non linear narrative. The chapters are divided into particular topic including crime, pictures and signs, smells, sounds, rivers. Ackroyd explores London through each of these topics journeying through the past to the present and back again. This could have resulted in a very long and very confusing text if it were not for Ackroyds clear and precise prose, he may go off on a tangent but ... loobylou88 11.12.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of London: The Biography - Peter Ackroyd	Degree of Information How interesting was the... How useful was it? Would you read it again? Value for money
Telling the history of the nation with enjoyment Advantages: Well-told history Disadvantages: None ...says on the cover, though a rather dry academic designation like that might put off the more general reader. As long as it doesn't, fine. Because anybody who has read Marr in the papers, seen him on TV, or enjoyed his various historical documentary series, will need little further recommendation from me. With over 600 pages of closely printed text, this one isn't for the faint-hearted and probably not for the casual reader. But though a serious work, ... ...nation, and the text is a journey through solid fact and not a few amusing anecdotes about the main protagonists. For example, Churchill's retort when a nervous official was sent to summon him from the lavatory because the Lord Privy Seal wanted to see him immediately will make you chuckle. (Shall I tell you? OK, he said he could only deal with one s**t at a time). So will the little domestic contretemps at the Macmillan country home caused by the ... JOHNV 10.12.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of A History of Modern Britain - Andrew Marr	Degree of Information How interesting was the... How useful was it? Would you read it again? Value for money
How we used to treat the 'mad' Advantages: Interesting if grim insight into how the mentally afflicted were treated in ages past Disadvantages: None really, for those interested in the subject At the very least, this book is a salutary reminder that every time we read or hear anything about mental health issues, or care in the community, our ancestors used to talk about madness and disease – the two often being inseparable. For hundreds of years, even less than a century ago, people suffering from no more than acute depression were treatedin 'hospital' (I use the terms advisedly) in a manner which sounds horrific today. The illustration ... ...Hogarth's 18th-century series The Rake's Progress, says much about prevailing attitudes and perception at the time. A debtor, his head shaved, is incarcerated and surrounded by a crowd of gaolers and keepers while other unfortunate souls look on. People suffering from what the French called la maladie anglaise were regarded as freaks, little better than criminals. They were dumped in London's Bethlehem Hospital, alias Bedlam, founded in 1247, where ... JOHNV 06.12.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Bedlam - Catharine Arnold	Degree of Information How interesting was the... How useful was it? Would you read it again? Value for money