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Long Clawson War Memorial, Leicestershire
The warmemorial at Long Clawson in Leicestershire – best know these days for the dairyproducing Stilton Cheese, can be found at Back lane LE14 4PA. Itcommemorates those from the village who were killed in not just the First and SecondWorld Wars, but also the conflict in Aden [1963-67]. The memorial is unusual inthat it was erected in 2016. Prior to that date the village had remembered itswar
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A good read, but ultimately it all felt rather hollow and unfinished. As with other books by Patterson, this follows the investigation into a serial killer who is murdering people across a period of several weeks. The plot twists and turns keep the r ...more |
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| The tagline is "a novel of the next world war" - and that is what this is. It is not a technical military book analysing weapons, strategies and tactics. Instead it is a novel telling the stories of the people involved in the war. Yes, the weapons an ...more | |
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I like Holmes as a writer, so it is no surprise that I liked this book. The rare 5 star rating is due to the fact that the volume managed to shine as a biography. I'd come across Wellington in various guises over the years. Mostly, of course, his supe ...more |
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I like Holmes as a writer, so it is no surprise that I liked this book. The rare 5 star rating is due to the fact that the volume managed to shine as a biography. I'd come across Wellington in various guises over the years. Mostly, of course, his supe ...more |
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i hesitated over how to grade this book. The writing style is good, the characters are engaging and the action scenes very well handled - though the emotional scenes maybe not so much. Much though I enjoyed this book, I did have a few problems with i ...more |
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| A bold and impressive book about the changing face of politics, identity and political parties in Britain today. The author offers a persuasive analysis of why "the Modern Left loathes the Working Class". I'm from the right of the spectrum, myself bu ...more | |
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Brilliant - only slightly let down by being a little dated, but then it is nearly 80 years old. I saw the film decades ago and loved it, but I'd pretty much forgotten it until the local vicar gave me this book when I was going through some family iss ...more |
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A beautifully written murder mystery set on the Hebrides. But what a load of misery - i don't think there is one character who is enjoying their life when they first walk into the plot, and certainly none by the end. That said, this book is very inte ...more |
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“Outsiders might mistake the East Enders habit of dealing with their own issues as being criminal, but to the local inhabitants it was more a case of keeping things out of the hands of the authorities.”
― Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror: Life during the reign of Victorian London's most brutal killer
― Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror: Life during the reign of Victorian London's most brutal killer
“Murder, even an accidental killing in a fight, was not only frowned upoп but was rare. In 1887 there was only one murder in Whitechapel, and in 1889 none at all. So while violence was common and widespread, killing was not.”
― Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror: Life during the reign of Victorian London's most brutal killer
― Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror: Life during the reign of Victorian London's most brutal killer
“It is not the number of victims that Jack the Ripper claimed that ensure his lasting fame. Only five women were definitely killed by him, and certainly there were no more than eight victims. Other serial killers since then have murdered more. And although the horrific mutilations Jack the Ripper carried out were disturbing and violent, they too have been surpassed since. In the records of serial killers, Jack the Ripper is unexceptional in many ways. But he remains the most famous of them all.”
― Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror
― Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror
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