I purchased `Rupert' as a piece of furniture: for its cover not its content. Though I read many histories and biographies, I was not interested in the subject. Having positioned it proudly on my coffee table, I presumed my relationship with the book was over. It was by chance that I opened its cover to the first page; it was by contrivance of this author of enormous skill that I did not close it until I had reached the last.
Charles Spencer is a marvellous writer of history. His clearly painstaking research is worn lightly as he walks the reader through his subject like an experienced guide leading a tour group through the Louvre. He combs out all the distractions, easing the reader's journey and adding lustre to his naturally ... Read More:
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Don't expect this book to provide many answers. If you have an old Haynes manual it will probably be as much use to you as the general fault finding and repair proceedures are the same for most cars. This manual is very much only for routine servicing. There are very few technical diagrams or useful photographs. There are some useful wiring diagrams but virtually nothing on the gearbox. It seems to assume that anything beyond simple servicing is now a garage job.
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If you have one of these great cars you MUST buy this book, to save yourself from spending money at Rover dealers! These books go through every task that you can reasonably expect to do on a 200, with gradings of difficulty on each task. However the MPi models are not covered when it comes to coolant renewal, consequently my car is running with dirty coolant!
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This book is a suprisingly comprehensive and coherent discourse on the foods of the British isles, with interesting information from a wide range of disciplines - including analysis of the diet of the Serf, society gossip columns and legal statutes about food and food production through the ages. The author's style is very accessible, and the book is only let down by the fact that it contains quite a lot of typographical errors.
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Why isn't Wen Spencer as famous as Anne McCaffrey? She should be - both this and the Ukiah series are excellent! The stories are absorbing and the characters are extremely well-drawn. Buy this and all her other books - you'll love them...
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Why isn't Wen Spencer as famous as Anne McCaffrey? She should be - both this and the Ukiah series are excellent! The stories are absorbing and the characters are extremely well-drawn. Buy this and all her other books - you'll love them...
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Why isn't Wen Spencer as famous as Anne McCaffrey? She should be - both this and the Ukiah series are excellent! The stories are absorbing and the characters are extremely well-drawn. Buy this and all her other books - you'll love them...
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Once again Sally Spencer has broadened the canvas of DCI Woodend's sphere of operation away from Whitebridge. Although in "Dangerous Games" it is not Woodend himself which makes the journey. This is an interesting and engaging police procedural which evokes memories of the past. Those who think logically, rather than just following the clues, might uncover the truth a little earlier that Woodend, but then the reader has the benefit of italicised flash backs which are denied to Woodend's team. The dateline of "Dangerous Games" is creeping ever closer to the contemporary; at this rate DCI Woodend will soon be retiring. I hope Ms Spencer can discover some interesting cases from the past which hitherto have lain unreported; it would be a great sadness to lose ... Read More:
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Researching a soldier of the British Army of 1914-1918 is no easy task. The records that survive are incomplete and full of military jargon that is difficult for the uninitiated. Most of the records are held at the National Archives in Kew, London, and this book gives good guidance to what is available and how to make effective use of search time. For anyone trying to do this it is an essential work, although much of what is here is available in a set of free-of-charge leaflets available at the National Archives itself. Some areas are covered in great depth: for example, the way to find and interpret medal records. But others are given much more superficial treatment. An example is records of British POWs. Overall I rate this a good and worthwhile buy for anyone ... Read More:
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