I requested this title as I often read historical fiction and the 17th century is of particular interest to me. I wanted to expand my knowledge regarding the ways death was perceived in that period and reading this book proved to be interesting. Mr Norman presents how people met their deaths, rituals connected with the burials or the ways the dead were commemorated. One chapter is devoted to the royal funerals which took place in the 17th century and includes most fascinating information. The amount of research done into non-fiction is imposing as the author quotes contemporary accounts which are not difficult to follow.
The subject matter of this book is not joyful, however, it is full of facts that both curious and impressive.
NetGalley, Beata B. Reviewer
I requested this title as I often read historical fiction and the 17th century is of particular interest to me. I wanted to expand my knowledge regarding the ways death was perceived in that period and reading this book proved to be interesting. Mr Norman presents how people met their deaths, rituals connected with the burials or the ways the dead were commemorated. One chapter is devoted to the royal funerals which took place in the 17th century and includes most fascinating information. The amount of research done into non-fiction is imposing as the author quotes contemporary accounts which are not difficult to follow.
The subject matter of this book is not joyful, however, it is full of facts that both curious and impressive.
NetGalley, Beata B. Reviewer
This charming book shows the remarkable role Steve Morris and his Quantock Heritage Fleet have played in the restoration and preservation movement. It's a nicely produced book, well laid out and with great pictures.
Classic Bus Magazine
This charming book shows the remarkable role Steve Morris and his Quantock Heritage Fleet have played in the restoration and preservation movement. It's a nicely produced book, well laid out and with great pictures.
Classic Bus Magazine
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
Unsolved murders are nothing new in the world. There are some that boggle the imagination, and one wonders how some managed to remain unsolved. In the Unsolved London Murders by Dr. Jonathan Oates, there are twenty cases that have remained unsolved. Although these have happened over 100 years ago, there are some that could be solvable today, if Scotland Yard would reopen the cases.
I was intrigued with this book, as unsolved crimes always peak my interest. I was not disappointed! It was amazing and once I started, I could not put the book down! I read it in one sitting!
Put this book on your watch list, and get ready for a journey through some of the most puzzling and horrific unsolved murders in London!
NetGalley, Rebecca Hill
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
Unsolved murders are nothing new in the world. There are some that boggle the imagination, and one wonders how some managed to remain unsolved. In the Unsolved London Murders by Dr. Jonathan Oates, there are twenty cases that have remained unsolved. Although these have happened over 100 years ago, there are some that could be solvable today, if Scotland Yard would reopen the cases.
I was intrigued with this book, as unsolved crimes always peak my interest. I was not disappointed! It was amazing and once I started, I could not put the book down! I read it in one sitting!
Put this book on your watch list, and get ready for a journey through some of the most puzzling and horrific unsolved murders in London!
NetGalley, Rebecca Hill
Genocide is not something that started and ended with the German Nazis and this book is specially welcome because it looks at more recent genocide through the eyes of a British detective who spent time investigating Bosnian war crimes. The break up of Yugoslavia after the death of Josip Bron Tito was inevitable because the centuries of religious and ethnic division. Once the strong man was gone there was no one to hold the fragile union together. – Very Highly Recommended.
Read the full review [link=http://reviews.firetrench.com/from-the-flying-squad-to-investigating-war-crimes/]here[/link]
Firetrench
Genocide is not something that started and ended with the German Nazis and this book is specially welcome because it looks at more recent genocide through the eyes of a British detective who spent time investigating Bosnian war crimes. The break up of Yugoslavia after the death of Josip Bron Tito was inevitable because the centuries of religious and ethnic division. Once the strong man was gone there was no one to hold the fragile union together. – Very Highly Recommended.
Read the full review [link=http://reviews.firetrench.com/from-the-flying-squad-to-investigating-war-crimes/]here[/link]
Firetrench
This book is about the tram "Feltham" which is one of the most important trams in Britain. It was designed and built in the early 1930s by Metropolitan Electric Tramways and London United Tramways to replace its old trams. In London they were replaced by trolleybus lines but continued to serve in Leeds and Sunderland.
Another great book by tram expert Peter Waller. It has a lot of information and good photographs to get to know this old tram model, which has become an icon. To complete this book, the book "London Transport" by the same author should also be read.
Read the full Spanish review [link=https://unoscuantostrenes.blogspot.com/2020/04/rincon-literario-london-feltham-tram.html]here[/link]
Unos Cuantos Trenes
This book is about the tram "Feltham" which is one of the most important trams in Britain. It was designed and built in the early 1930s by Metropolitan Electric Tramways and London United Tramways to replace its old trams. In London they were replaced by trolleybus lines but continued to serve in Leeds and Sunderland.
Another great book by tram expert Peter Waller. It has a lot of information and good photographs to get to know this old tram model, which has become an icon. To complete this book, the book "London Transport" by the same author should also be read.
Read the full Spanish review [link=https://unoscuantostrenes.blogspot.com/2020/04/rincon-literario-london-feltham-tram.html]here[/link]
Unos Cuantos Trenes
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Doncaster in the Great War
How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Doncaster were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record of the growing disillusion of the people, their… Read more...
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Graham Ibbeson The People's Sculptor
'Just William’. The name conjures memories of Richmal Crompton’s favourite character. No childhood was complete without the outrageous exploits of William and his constant companions, ‘The Outlaws.’ Sculptor Graham Ibbeson was beguiled by the words in the bestselling books and by the portrait of William on the front covers, a cheeky boy with… Read more...
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Sailing into the Past
Until recently, there was little practical knowledge of the ships of the distant past. We could only surmise as to the manner in which a Viking ship sailed or how fast a Greek trireme could be rowed. The building of accurate replicas over the past generation has changed all that, and what has been learnt about the ships and boats of our ancestors has… Read more...
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Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer
For a hundred and twenty years, the identity of the Whitechapel murderer known to us as Jack the Ripper has both eluded us and spawned a veritable industry of speculation. This book names him. Mad doctors, Russian lunatics, bungling midwives, railway policemen, failed barristers, weird artists, royal princes and white-eyed men. All of these and more… Read more...
This is a fascinating and highly informative guidebook to the Capital which will be invaluable to those who wish to understand what Londoners went through during the Second World War. By means of five easily manageable walks, the reader is transported back to those dark days of devastating destruction. Using rich anecdotes and first-hand accounts the… Read more...
These are the highly controversial memoirs of Austin Mitchell, local TV star of the 1970s and MP for Great Grimsby. Austin was the poster boy for Calendar TV at a time when local television had a much greater impact than national TV and its stars were the celebrities of the day. Austin charts his career path and reveals how he fell into his role at… Read more...
When people think of a World Cup manager from Barnsley, Mick McCarthy instantly springs to mind for his exploits with Ireland. But did you know one man from the town took a country to the semi-finals long before McCarthy had even kicked a ball. Barnsley's Best pays tribute to the those who have flown the flag on the biggest stage and, not content with… Read more...
For a hundred and twenty years, the identity of the Whitechapel murderer known to us as Jack the Ripper has both eluded us and spawned a veritable industry of speculation. This book names him. Mad doctors, Russian lunatics, bungling midwives, railway policemen, failed barristers, weird artists, royal princes and white-eyed men. All of these and more… Read more...
