- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Pennant Books Ltd; second edition (28 April 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906015627
- ISBN-13: 978-1906015626
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,644,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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To London's East Enders Rose Dean-Davis is synonymous with one of the highest profile justice campaigns in modern history. Her stoic defence of her husband - wrongly framed in the 70s for an armed robbery - led to such a proliferation of 'George Davis is innocent OK' graffiti around the city some still exists today . . . But his conviction three years later for a similar crime left her with a feeling of guilt she was never able to shake off . . . This book is a fitting legacy. Laced with humour, it's a moving tale of someone who believed in the best of human nature but was undone by the worst of it. --News of the World
Latterly, Rose Dean-Davis, as she had become, had been working on her memoir The Wars of Rosie . . . It chronicles her role as a vivid footnote in British social history. --The Times
When [Rose] knew the cancer she had fought for several years would kill her - and soon - she decided to tell the real story of her battles. For the first time, she told what happened in those tumultuous years: the joy and, ultimately, the pain. This untold narrative is in her autobiography, The Wars of Rosie. --London Evening Standard
Latterly, Rose Dean-Davis, as she had become, had been working on her memoir The Wars of Rosie . . . It chronicles her role as a vivid footnote in British social history. --The Times
When [Rose] knew the cancer she had fought for several years would kill her - and soon - she decided to tell the real story of her battles. For the first time, she told what happened in those tumultuous years: the joy and, ultimately, the pain. This untold narrative is in her autobiography, The Wars of Rosie. --London Evening Standard
Latterly, Rose Dean-Davis, as she had become, had been working on her memoir The Wars of Rosie . . . It chronicles her role as a vivid footnote in British social history. --The Times
When [Rose] knew the cancer she had fought for several years would kill her - and soon - she decided to tell the real story of her battles. For the first time, she told what happened in those tumultuous years: the joy and, ultimately, the pain. This untold narrative is in her autobiography, The Wars of Rosie. --London Evening Standard
Latterly, Rose Dean-Davis, as she had become, had been working on her memoir The Wars of Rosie . . . It chronicles her role as a vivid footnote in British social history. --The Times
When [Rose] knew the cancer she had fought for several years would kill her - and soon - she decided to tell the real story of her battles. For the first time, she told what happened in those tumultuous years: the joy and, ultimately, the pain. This untold narrative is in her autobiography, The Wars of Rosie. --London Evening Standard
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When Rose Dean-Davis died on 31 January 2009, an important part of modern folk history might have gone with her. But it is preserved in this remarkable book, its words forming the basis of the numerous national press obituaries that marked her passing and of her funeral oration. The campaign to free her husband from a severe prison sentence became a consuming obsession to Rose and their closest friends. They pursued a strategy of ever more headline-grabbing publicity stunts - until the historic day in May 1976, when the campaign succeeded in releasing George from prison. But in less than 18 months Davis shocked all his supporters when caught red-handed in a bank raid. Told in her own words, THE WARS OF ROSIE is the story of a woman who maintained her optimism through all of life's hard knocks - from her husband's betrayal to loss of the beloved daughter who came through the dark days of the 1970s with her.
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This review is from: The Wars of Rosie: Hard Knocks, Endurance and the 'George Davis Is Innocent' Campaign: 1 (Hardcover)
i read rosie,s book with interest as i knew her family, especialy her younger brother david also colin.rosie,s story is a sad one i remember the campaign well. i felt a great admiration for her when reading the book.she told it as it was and never tried to gloss anything over about her life or her family.i recomend the book especially if you know her.personally i never met her but her brother david was agreat friend of ours.
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A most unusual book,
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This review is from: The Wars of Rosie: Hard Knocks, Endurance and the 'George Davis Is Innocent' Campaign: 1 (Hardcover)
This is a most unusual book, a fascinating glimpse into the somewhat sleazy life in East London among the cockneys. But Rosie is a special character and battles life's problems with guts. A good read.
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