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This is a thorough life of the famous record breaker who came to grief on Coniston Water in January 1967, and it is surprising that the story has not been done before. Donald Campbell is such a fascinating figure, clearly driven by some marvellous obsessions, not least a fear of failure (there is a dark father too, impossible to please, lurking in the background). Well, he failed in the end, in spectacular fashion, and TV footage of Bluebird flipping over is impossible to forget, iconographic Sixties imagery on a par with the moon landings and the Kennedy shootings. This is the book for anyone curious as to how Campbell ended up strapped into a fast boat on that cold day in January. Will be widely reviewed and bought by people interested in cars, speed and the winter before the Summer of Love.
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'Goes a long way to answering the questions many of those familiar with Campbell's exploits never contemplated...Wonderfully vivid'
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Donald Campbell was the most courageous sportsman of his generation.
With a deeply held patriotic desire to keep Britain on top, he bravely captured 8 outright world speed records for his country in the 1950's and 60's.
He was a product of an extraordinary upbringing, the only son of Britain's pre war record breaker, Sir Malcolm Campbell, and he led an extraordinary life.
David Tremayne has spent more than a dozen years researching this book. It shows. The level of detail, and the accuracy of that detail shines through. This is not a sensationalist volume, nor a sycophantic one. It tell's the story of a truly great man using one simple maxim. This is how he was.
Any reader, including those not normally interested in things automotive, will not be disappointed when they have finished reading David Tremayne's story of this brave man.
With a deeply held patriotic desire to keep Britain on top, he bravely captured 8 outright world speed records for his country in the 1950's and 60's.
He was a product of an extraordinary upbringing, the only son of Britain's pre war record breaker, Sir Malcolm Campbell, and he led an extraordinary life.
David Tremayne has spent more than a dozen years researching this book. It shows. The level of detail, and the accuracy of that detail shines through. This is not a sensationalist volume, nor a sycophantic one. It tell's the story of a truly great man using one simple maxim. This is how he was.
Any reader, including those not normally interested in things automotive, will not be disappointed when they have finished reading David Tremayne's story of this brave man.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What can I say, other than to add to previous comments. A remarkable book, not just because of it's ten plud years in the making, but the fact that the passion and enthusiasim of the racer comes through in the passion and enthusiasm of the author. You do not need to be a fan of speed, boats or records to enjoy this book - simply a fan of people, for this is an extraodinary story that means a lot to read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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David Tremayne has excelled himself with this excellent autobiography which gives an incisive, and thorough insight into the courage and determination of a man who was driven to continue to achieve the successes in outright speed records that his father, and others had brought to our country during the 1920's, 30's and briefly in the 1940's.
It also lays to rest some of the myths about Donald Campbell, and his father, with regard to Donald's upbringing, and also to his relationship with his sister Jean.
Even if the breaking of World Speed records is not specifically at the top of your interests, David Tremayne has written this compelling account of the development of the character of one of the heroes of that generation which I can thoroughly recommend to you.
It also lays to rest some of the myths about Donald Campbell, and his father, with regard to Donald's upbringing, and also to his relationship with his sister Jean.
Even if the breaking of World Speed records is not specifically at the top of your interests, David Tremayne has written this compelling account of the development of the character of one of the heroes of that generation which I can thoroughly recommend to you.
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