Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 23/10/2009
By Michael Goode
Book: Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
Author: Niall Ferguson
Publisher: Penguin
Pages: 464
Price: Around £5 (Amazon UK)
Rating: ****
I have recently discovered a book that tries to explain the modern world, and what part Britain played in its creation. The book by Niall Ferguson looks at the British Empire and what it created, this conjures [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/02/2009
By Jack Dunford
Sometimes you don’t have enough time to read a best seller, so some elitist plops may not respect you, just because you’ve not read “an essential best seller” and understand the “deep inner meaning the author tried to get across”. But fear not dear reader, here are some of the most important books [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/02/2009
Book review by Sam Hilton
***** star rating
On September 20, 2006, Richard Hammond was critically injured in a car crash during filming for the car show, ‘Top Gear’. In this book he tells you about his early life up to the crash and his remarkable recovery. His wife, Mindy Hammond contributes greatly, and pieces together Hammond’s recovery.
Book review: Behind Closed Doors
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/11/2009
By Michael Goode
Title: Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England
Author: Amanda Vickery
Pages: 368
Price: £11-15 (Amazon UK)
Rating: ***
Behind Closed Doors pulls you into a different world looking at the everyday worries and aspirations of Georgian people, from the landed gentry to the hopelessly poor, it lets you step into someone else’s shoes and walk about [...]