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Summary: Brilliant
Review: Goddard's first novel and perhaps his best - although his "In Pale Battalions" is also excellent. If you like a good "mystery in the past" novel this is it. Highly recommended.
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Summary: ENJOYABLE BUT FLAWED
Review: I agree it is well plotted and combines history, politics and exotic locations but I have some reservations: I am uneasy about the way he mixes fiction with real history and real people, eg Lloyd George and Churchill, inventing a conversation with the latter in 1950. His writing style can be flat and cliched, and the central figure, the historian from whose point of view the book is written, is rather colourless. It relies on the discovery of diary/memoirs, which are full of dialogue, which is unlikely. Still, the plot carries you forward to unravel the central mystery.
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Summary: A must read for anyone!
Review: I am not an avid reader and do not profess to be a critic but I felt I had to comment on this book. I could not put it down and while reading close to the finish on public transport I was amazed to feel tears running down my checks and still unable to put the book down... I loved it.
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Summary: Incredibly amazing!!!
Review: I do not usually like history or politics, but this book was so riveting, I couldn't put it down. I have had a very tough time finding it in any store or library. I strongly recommend you read it if you are lucky enough to find it!!!
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Summary: A must read for anyone!
Review: I enjoy British mysteries like Inspector Morse and Campion, but this is the first book I have read from Robert Goddard and I couldn't put it down. Incredible plot twists, exotic locales, interesting characters. The basic plot is similar to Daughter of Time, but I think it is superior to the Tey book.
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Summary: The most original mystery I have read in years
Review: I enjoy British mysteries like Inspector Morse and Campion, but this is the first book I have read from Robert Goddard and I couldn't put it down. Incredible plot twists, exotic locales, interesting characters. The basic plot is similar to Daughter of Time, but I think it is superior to the Tey book.
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Summary: Sherlock Holmes stuff!
Review: Martin Radford, an out of work, disgraced historian, is hired by a millionaire businessman to fly to the island of Madiera where he is filled in with the story of an Edwardian Cabinet Minister, Edwin Strafford, who suddenly resigned from Parliament at the height of his career, and retired to the house in Madiera where the businessman now lives.Martin's brief is to find out exactly why Edwin resigned and all the circumstances surrounding his withdrawal from Society plus the breaking of his engagement. The trail leads him to a university where he is seduced like a gullible teenager, by an attractive young professor with an agenda of her own. The story is filled with devious twists and turns, covering past crimes which lead to modern day crimes. It's a long and very involved story which needs full concentration to appreciate it for the fine work that it is.
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Summary: Past Caring
Review: Past Caring was brought to me from England by my sister years ago.It is now available here.For years it was not.This novel is one of my favorite books.I read all of Goddard's books, but Past Caring remains my FAVORITE.
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Summary: Outstanding! My Favorite Novel
Review: The other reviewers have given an accurate picture of this book. The plot twists are literally breath taking! Goddard's best. I hope the publisher reissues this book in hardcover ,I would buy it in an instant. This is one of five book I give a 10 rating.
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Summary: The First, but still the best from Robert Goddard
Review: This book is unmissable. Idiscovered it shortly after it was first published and it was unbelievable. I've since read all of his, some brilliant, all good, but this remains the best.
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