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1 review
Robert Lacey

Little, Brown Book Group, 1999

Real treat
Excellent book. Piles of facts, sharp analysis. One can learn more about art market from the book than from years of studies. Apart from it - pleasant reading.

Stroud's Digest on the Diseases of Birds

4 reviews
Robert Stroud

TFH Publications, 1989

Not just for entertainment
Mr. Stroud spent, according to the publisher's notes, 54 years in solitary confinement--All of it devoted to the study of how to identify and cure the diseases of birds. This book although written many years ago, is still a comprehensive study of the diseases, injuries, ailments and conditions of birds. There are few vetinarians who have studied bird ailments so intensively, or can give such ...

Great Tales From English History 1387 - 1688 (Chaucer to the Glorious Revolution)

1 review
Robert Lacey

Little, Brown, 2004

Accessible history
I first discovered Robert Lacey as an author from his book 'The Year 1000'. Interesting, accessible, easy to follow, with a good balance of detail and breadth (always a tricky task when writing a popular history), that book was one of my favourites around the turn of the second millennium. I discovered this book on the shelves of my local library, and have found it equally worthwhile and fun to ...

Ford, the Men and the Machine

3 reviews
Robert Lacey

Paramount Home Video, 1986

Sensational, Definitive and Entertaining! A Must Have!
"Ford: The Men and the Machine" is the most definitive and complete book about the life and happenings of automotive's greatest man, Henry Ford. His accomplishments as cited cannot compare to any other single figure in automobile history (or even business itself). The book is nothing short of epic: over 800 pages and 36 chapters, plus appendices. It starts off with the author's assessment of ...

Queen Mother's Century

1 review
Robert Lacey, 1999

Beautiful book
I bought this book for mt 981/2 year old cousin. She is just 6 months younger. My cousin is not in good health now bur is a great admirer of the older generation of the family. This book brought a big smile to her face, when she saw the cover. Made her day, Thanks for the book. You made someone very happy.

Great Tales from English History (3)

5 reviews

Little, Brown and Company, 2006

WELL WRITTEN HISTORY
The author Robert Lacey, writes "The job of the historian is to deal objectively with the available facts. But, history is in the eye of the beholder and also of the historian, who as a human being has feelings and prejudices of his own." In Volume 3, few if any of Lacey's prejudices are apparent as he demonstrates once again that he is one of the best, both as a historian and a storyteller. ...

The Year 1000

1 review
Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger

Abacus, 2000

He remains an Englishman...
The turn of the millennium (the last millennium, that is) in England was an interesting world to behold -- the country was struggling toward unity, but still wary of invaders from across the various seas (an invasion trend that would stop less than 100 years after the turn of the millennium). The typical Englishman was well-fed, but the kinds of food might astound modern readers; when the people ...

Great Tales from English History

9 reviews
Robert Lacey

BBC Audiobooks, 2005

A Fun Overview of English History
This book is a combination of Lacey's three earlier 'Great Tales' books, and so covers events from the Celts until WWII. It's presented as a series of short pieces, each written in an amusing, non too serious, style, which I liked. The book is great for dipping into, and comes with a good selection of references (including lots of Web links). The title under-sells the book a little, since the ...

Grace

9 reviews
Robert Lacey

Putnam, 1994

It Told Me Just What I Wanted to Know About Her
I wanted to know all about the men in Grace Kelley's life, both before and after her marriage. This book told me everything, but in a classy, well-researched way. I learned a lot about Monaco, and just the things I would have wanted to know about her family members, too. After reading this excellent book, I plan to read more of Robert Lacey's works.

Great Tales from English History

17 reviews

Little, Brown and Company, 2004

Thouroughly enjoyable as an audiobook! (A history teacher's review)
Robert Lacey has done something that many writers have failed to do (unfortunately) - he has written history in a fun, accessible, easy to grasp manner. After all, as Lacey points out in his introduction, the "history" and "story" come from the same Latin root word. Essentially, history should be the simple story of how things happened, to the best of the teller's knowledge. Lacey's power as ...

Sotheby's: Bidding for Class

7 reviews
Robert Lacey

Little Brown & Co (T), 1998

The conversion of debris into dreams
The title of the review is from the prologue, which is worth the cost of the book on its own, unless you happened to attend or actually buy at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis auction. The Author's scathing commentary on those who bought virtually anything at that event are quick witted, very funny, and pathetic. How else do you describe those who would spend $211,500 for a $100 set of fake ...

Great Tales from English History (Book 2): Joan of Arc, the Princes in the Tower, Bloody Mary, Oliver ...

10 reviews
Robert Lacey

Little, Brown and Company, 2005

Accessible history
I first discovered Robert Lacey as an author from his book 'The Year 1000'. Interesting, accessible, easy to follow, with a good balance of detail and breadth (always a tricky task when writing a popular history), that book was one of my favourites around the turn of the second millennium. I discovered this book on the shelves of my local library, and have found it equally worthwhile and fun to ...

Sir Walter Ralegh

3 reviews
Robert Lacey

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973

A brilliant summary of the archetypal renaissance man.
To write a biography of a man with as much vitality and variety as Ralegh would seem at first sight a daunting task for any author: however well the tale is told, it will pale beside the real life exploits of this, the most remarkable of Englishmen. The success of Robert Lacey's account is largely due to the way he reflects the multifaceted nature of his subject in the book's structure. There ...

Aristocrats

2 reviews
Robert Lacey

Hutchinson, 1983

Informative and Witty
If you are looking for a book about fairy-tale Dukes, Counts, and Princes, then Robert Lacey's "Aristocrats" in NOT for you. Lacey profiles 6 families from England, Italy, France, Germany, Liechtenstein and Spain. He examines how these families established themselves and built their tremendous wealth. Many of the founding family members started out as soldiers, merchants, bankers and acting ...

Year What Life Was Like At the Turn

2 reviews
Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger

Little Brown Company, 1999

He remains an Englishman...
The turn of the millennium (the last millennium, that is) in England was an interesting world to behold -- the country was struggling toward unity, but still wary of invaders from across the various seas (an invasion trend that would stop less than 100 years after the turn of the millennium). The typical Englishman was well-fed, but the kinds of food might astound modern readers; when the people ...

Royal: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1 review
Robert Lacey

Little, Brown, 2002

Not bad at all
This is an interesting book about the British queen. The author tells us about her background, family and life. The biography starts with a chapter on Princess Diana's funeral, while the next chapter starts with Queen Elizabeth's great-great-grandmother; Queen Victoria. Lacey keeps following the family line. He writes about Edward VII and his mistress Alice Keppel (Duchess Camilla's ...

The life and times of Henry VIII

1 review
Robert Lacey

Book Club Associates, 1972

Good book for an introduction to this amazing person
I am a newcomer to the life of this amazing English king, but this book has been truly fascinating. Well written, informative, and easy to read, I recommend Mrs. Fraser's book to anyone who wants to start learning about Henry. For an expert on the subject, this is probably too basic for you.

The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium

94 reviews

Back Bay Books, 2000

The Year 1000
Gift for a grandson who is a medieval history buff. Looking through it, it interestingly displays life as it was lived in medieval England, and I am sure he is going to love it.

The Kingdom

13 reviews
Robert Lacey

Hutchinson, 1981

A good backround to this fascinating and terrifying land
If all your knowledge of Saudi Arabia comes from a couple of screenings of "Laurence of Arabia" and a nervous eyeful of screeming extremists blaring out of the front pages, this book is a must-read. From a Western point of view, the whole concept of Saudi is impossible madness, but Mr. Lacy very deftly untangles its subtlties in a vivid, sympathetic style that mercifully excludes both political ...

Dimensions of the Holocaust

1 review
Elie Wiesel, Lucy Dawidowicz, ...

Northwestern University Press, 1990

An Improtant Book
This book is a collection of four lectures delivered at Northwestern Univeristy in 1977. It takes four different approaches to the Holocaust: The Holocaust as literay inspirartion, as history, as living memory, and as a problem in moral choice. Elie Wiesel's lecture, like his novels, is very poetic and gripping--however, he doesn't really say very much, instead, he asks a great many "why" ...

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