The pictures are large and of a very high quality. The book is devided into 6 sections, which seem tied to the life stages of michelagelo rather than the subject matter or technique. I bought this book to study the technique and style so the pictures are were very usefull but the organizations wasn't hellpfull. The texts which accompany the drawings do a very good job of discribing the techniques michelagelo used.

This is a history of British royal children from pre-Hanoverian pawns of power to current pawns of the press. This is also a good overview of the strengths and foibles that have gone into making the present House of Windsor what it is today. Just as with families everywhere, royal parents have the best of intentions. The results are children that are to varying degrees a reflection of a family's past. This book does a good job of bringing the past alive and making the present understandable to outsiders. (It also has great pictures.)

A very handy 144 page reference book featuring hundreds of small, full color photos of Royal Copley, Royal Windsor and Spaulding items. This Book II has no repeats from the previous Book I. Major chapters run from Royal Copley-Still Going Strong, The Truth About Royal Windsor, A Warm Experience at Spaulding, to Labels, Bibliography and Source Material. You'll find this handy purse size volume useful as you attend auctions and antique shows.

A very interesting book, though the author is decidedly pro monarchy and particularly towards the Queen Mother. Wallis comes off as a shrew of the greatest magnitude, while the Queen Mum seems destined for sainthood. Having read a number of books about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, it's interesting to see the story from the other side. Let's just say that both women had their fair share of faults...and leave it at that.

This book is far more interesting for its mise en scene and political statements than for the actual details of the crimes. The seamless blend of historical and fictional people makes it fascinating. Today the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have been largely sentimentalized and their political views have been swept into the background. For people who are interested in the conflicting views preceding the entry of the U.S. into WWII, this book offers an insider's insight.

The elements of suspense and danger, while present, take a back seat to the interior conversation the narrator has with herself as she watches herself become involved in an increasingly complex perdicament, into which she has fallen through fatigue as much as a desire to escape her previous, uninspring life. The conversation is interesting, serious, and humorous at once. I felt strongly for the character. I enjoyed reading this book, and look forward to more by Valerie Windsor.

110 pages, including Table of Contents and a very useful index. For some reason, Amazon.com did not list the ISBN number: 0-89781-089-9. The book is profusely illustrated with photos from the Martin Photo archives (a local photographer) and the Vigo County Historical Society, as well as historical drawings and a copy of the original town plat.

The book includes some pre-Terre Haute history and an overview of the founding of the city and it's founders and early settlers. There are some critical events in Terre Haute history mentioned, and it lists many key individuals who were the movers and shakers throughout Terre Haute history. Also very useful is the Suggested Reading chapter.

The author is a Terre Haute native and has long been active in the study of Terre Haute history and genealogy.

Overall, a very useful, informative, and entertaining overview, but not a lot of text, so the other readings mentioned in the book should be explored to learn more.

I truly enjoyed this book. Ms. Edwards eloquently and unbiasedly told a historical story in a way that entertained and educated me. The saga is captivating and interesting to anyone, even those who are unfamiliar with the "scandal".

An early stage in the progress of classifying the regional traditions of Windsor chair design is presented by this work. One time curator of the Wycombe Chair Museum, Ivan Sparkes, shows an early understanding of what Dr.Bernard Cotton (the present curator) would later prove to be a particularly diverse and yet very structured part of the vernacular craft traditions of England.

The Windsors, while they were living, epitomized style, glamour, and wit. Ultimately theirs was a wasted life, empty of meaning in the end. From the heady days of their scandalous romance, life was all downhill, a private struggle to conserve their dignity in the aftermath of the abdication. To fill this emptiness and lack of purpose in life, the Duchess obsessed on perfection; of herself, of the things she collected and of the table she set. The Windsor's sous chef spent hours sorting salad leaves into leaves of exactly the same size to be set before their guests. Their relationship was a hollow recreation of the childhood the Duke never could leave behind. Moulin de la Tuilerie, their country home outside of Paris, was the York Cottage of Edward's youth reborn. Wallis herself was Queen Mary, obsessively arranging the display of small objets and cosseting the little boy who was King. A long time servant said, "They had nothing and no-one. They were just two lonely old people." Suzy Menkes takes the reader on an interesting tour through not only of the tangible objects of this relationship, but of the relationship itself.