moriarty

Helpful votes received on reviews: 93% (52 of 56)

Location: London

In My Own Words:

I cleverly deleted my listmania list due to amazons userfriendly layout. Shame as it had around 8500 hits....i replaced it and its only got 4 hits....oh well...i will just stab my new 'wreck this journal' book in several places!!

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reading about ww2

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Top Reviewer Ranking: 354,286 - Total Helpful Votes: 52 of 56

Careless Talk Costs Lives by James Taylor	3 of 3 people found the following review helpful good pictures, 22 Oct 2010 This book was factual - lots of information about Fougasse's work - not much information about the man himself. The pictures of his work though are very good and Im thinking of cutting a few out to frame!!

Orange Above. by Theo. Van Duren	simply very good, 18 Aug 2010 I read this very quickly as its an easy read. Its interesting to see things from a direct Dutch perspective - as its not something that is often come across.

From the City, From the Plough by Alexander Baron	12 of 14 people found the following review helpful splendid, 18 Aug 2010 I could NOT put this book down. A bit like "Band of Brothers" or "Saving Private Ryan" except they are all BRITISH soldiers and it was written straight after ww2 ended. Its mostly based on fact, and from what I read it seriously felt like fact. I even dug out my D-Day landing maps, and could have started sticking progress pins in if I had any. The way he writes is at times beautiful and at others disturbing, and I could picture everything so clearly... I think this is why I got so immersed in it. I was rather sad to have finished the book (I will probably read it again sometime) and am very pleased it was re-released. Probably a good book to send… Read more