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Live your life vicariously!

Revisado: 11-29-24

Lord Sumption, when asked why he liked studying history, said he only had one life but one life was not enough for him so he must live other lives “vicariously” through studying history. This book did that for me. All the characters mentioned in this book had illustrious lives and intriguing days. Great to have experienced them “vicariously”.

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Best Book On Early Days Of Hong Kong

Revisado: 10-26-24

Excellent writing style. Excellent reading. Learned a lot listening to this. Highly recommended. The fact that the author was a journalist probably helped.

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Skip Chapters 27 & 28 on Covid

Revisado: 03-02-23

I bought this audiobook to learn more about Boris Johnson. Chapters 1 to 26 were brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Then the author destroyed his own book by adding two Chapters about Covid itself (as opposed to just Boris Johnson’s handling of it). He was just rambling by then. Why? The book would have been better if he deleted or rewrote those two Chapters. By all means buy this audiobook and enjoy its Chapters 1 to 26, but you may wish to skip the last two Chapters on Covid.

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Balanced and Entertaining - A Good Book

Revisado: 02-24-23

When it comes to writing about controversial political figures, it can be difficult to write in a balanced way. This author managed to do so. The book is also entertaining. Glad I bought this one.

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Love the writing style!

Revisado: 01-16-23

I enjoyed listening to this. The style is perfect. And the author actually met both the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, which made his account of events more reliable. 5 stars.

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Gyles Brandreth Made Grammar Fun

Revisado: 01-16-23

Gyles Brandreth managed to make grammar fun. I enjoyed listening to this book, and I recommend it to anyone and everyone.

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The Narration Was Good

Revisado: 01-07-23

In terms of contents, this book does not offer anything new. You would know 99% of the facts in the book before buying it. The narration, however, was fantastic. It really does bring its contents to live. I am giving this book 5 stars because the narration makes listening to it thorough entertaining and enjoyable, but don’t expect new revelations in it there is none.

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The Narration Is Perfect

Revisado: 12-29-22

The narrator did an excellent job bringing the book to life! Enjoyed listening to this. Though I do question some of the factual assertions made. Take the exact type of wine allegedly drunk by Liz Truss and her husband in the privacy of their own home as an example. It’s not a big deal in the scheme of things but has it been fact-checked? If you are not concerned about these things, this is a good book. I listened to it as an entertainment, not as a history lesson, and that worked for me. All in all, glad I chose this.

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Excellent Delivery | Thought Provoking

Revisado: 03-13-22

A major problem with the press is that it has a strong preference for reporting juicy details with eye catching headlines. Things like law reforms don’t get the same amount of coverage in the press. Lord Lester was a Jewish ethnic minority who spent over 30 years trying to improve the law and the legal system in England for the benefit of everyone in England, and his substantial contributions are often overlooked by general members of the public. This book explains what he thought the shortcomings of the law and the legal system were, what he thought should be done about them, what he had actually done about them, whether it was successful or not, and then he explained why he thought we should take over and keep up the efforts. Listening to this book, I could feel Lord Lester’s conviction, passion and energy. He knew his stuff. He was knowledgeable and insightful. He provided food for thought. All in all, I am glad I listened to the whole book. I did it at one go as once I started I couldn’t put it down. You may feel the same.

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Great Delivery my Jennifer Paxton

Revisado: 03-10-22

Jennifer Paxton’s delivery is superb. She made the year 1066 tremendously interesting. Thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook!

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