Kidnap of the Flying Lady: How Germany Captured Both Rolls-Royce & Bentley [Hardcover]

Richard Feast (Author)

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Motorbooks International; illustrated edition edition (10 Sep 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0760316864
ISBN-13: 978-0760316863
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,067,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The scene is the neatly manicured private golf club at Neuenander-Donau in Bavaria, southern Germany, early on the morning of July 28, 1998. Read the first page

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complaint 18 Feb 2004

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Brilliant, Compelling, Important 19 Feb 2004

By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Hardcover

Walk into the local supermart of bookstores, leaf through the "business" section and within five minutes know the sum total of five best sellers. The "transportation" shelves typically offer little better: business histories that read like the old notes of a reporter or minutiae on a historical marque.

Then comes Richard Feast, with his compelling saga of the world's most revered automotive name, its trials and (sometimes) self-inflicted tribulations, linked carefully and accurately to the industry around it and to the particular travails of British industry in the second half of the 20th Century. Filled with first-rate reportage and wonderful characters, it is a wonderfully spun, brilliantly paced history that no doubt will become a reference work for generations of car lovers and business watchers.

An Insightful and Smart Book 21 Feb 2008

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This book is fantastic. It is a well researched look into the long chain of events that allowed the Germans to buy two prized English Legends, Rolls Royce Motorcars and Bentley. The author does not wag his finger or denounce the Germans from taking Rolls Royce away from the Brits. He lays it on the line. He details the bad decisions and market forces that eventualy forced the English automaker's hand. This book must be read for its look into the automotive industry. This book is not filled with dreamy eyed descriptions of "the best car in the world." The various executives who speak in the book are realistic in describing the problems Roll Royce had suffered over the years, regarding build quality and financial issues.

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