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Sonofdel (6291 KP) rated Martin Clunes - the Biography in Books
Jul 9, 2019
A nice insight
This was an entertaining read and a good insight into Martin's life and career. It only goes up to 2013 but it contains some good reading. From Men Behaving Badly to Doc Martin this chronicles of one of the most recognised actors on british television. Well worth a read.
Martin Clunes - the Biography
Stafford Hildred and Tim Ewbank
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Martin Clunes has been a familiar face on British television for almost two decades. During that...
Doc Martin Men Behaving Badly
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Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History without the Fairy-Tale Endings
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You think you know her story. You've read the Brothers Grimm, you've watched the Disney cartoons,...
Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—without the Fairy-Tale Endings
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You think you know her story. You’ve read the Brothers Grimm, you’ve watched the Disney...
I'm sure if you mentioned the name Bernard Cornwell to most readers, they would immediately think of historical-set 'boys-own' mainly and-based action-adventure novels, which I once read described by one critic as 'men behaving badly, but with incredible brio' (which I had to go and look up what that meant).
So, not a contemporary (at the time of Cornwell's writing) set mystery, then, with a heavy slant towards nautical matters.
Yet that is precisely what this is.
While I can't comment on the accuracy (or otherwise) of the naval segments - other than to say they seemed plausible to this land-lubber - I have to say, I also found this to be rather predictable fare, with it startlingly obvious - at least to me - just who stole the priceless Van Gogh (the McGuffin that provides the drive for the plot) further early on, not long after that character is introduced.
Sorry, Mr Cornwell: not your best effort.
So, not a contemporary (at the time of Cornwell's writing) set mystery, then, with a heavy slant towards nautical matters.
Yet that is precisely what this is.
While I can't comment on the accuracy (or otherwise) of the naval segments - other than to say they seemed plausible to this land-lubber - I have to say, I also found this to be rather predictable fare, with it startlingly obvious - at least to me - just who stole the priceless Van Gogh (the McGuffin that provides the drive for the plot) further early on, not long after that character is introduced.
Sorry, Mr Cornwell: not your best effort.