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| I Believe in Yesterday: My Adventures in Living History | 
 enlarge | Author: Tim Moore
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 15502
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0224077813
EAN: 9780224077811
ASIN: 0224077813
Publication Date: October 2, 2008
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 Cracking read! November 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of Tim's best books to date.
Explores the odd world of historical re-enacting from the inside and manages to be truthful and funny without being to excessively look-at-the-weirdos-aren't-I-clever.
Loved it. Buy it.
PS If you're thinking of joining a re-enactment group this is definitely a must.
 A sad drop in form October 30, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love early Tim Moore and I count French Revolutions as one of my favourite books of all time. However the last three volumes have all been progressively less and less funny.
I worry that the density of his early works humour, with a good quip on every other line, has mined out his seam of humour.
Time to try another genre perhaps?
This book is mildly entrtaining at best even though the targets are eminently easy to parody.
 Not up to early Tim Moore standards October 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Each time Tim Moore brings a book out I buy it almost immediately as I will usually be guaranteed a good read.
His last book, Nul Points, was a big disappointment though, but I put that down to the subject matter (scorers of nil points in the Eurovision Song Contest) being dull rather than Moores writing. Unfortunately after reading his latest book, I believe in Yesterday, I'm not so sure because again I found this book to be dull and more than a little tedious.
It didn't start too promisingly as I found the first few chapters plodding to say the least, but I perservered because it was Tim Moore. Almost certainly if it had been written by anyone else I would have given up on it there and then. Unfortunately the book does not improve and whilst I managed to finish it, I was relieved when I had.
Tim Moore is one of my favourite writers. I hope that subsequent books will mean I won't have to amend that to read 'used' to be one of my favourite writers.
Interesting and fun October 18, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have read all of Tim's book and would rate this in the top quartile of his portfolio of writings (that's a good thing). Tim 'time travels' to a number or historical re-enactment groups who prefer the past to the current. Its funny and pleasingly short (248 pages) and each page has a laugh-out loud moment. There are a number of poignant moments and reflections which give the book greater depth than some of his earlier works. On par with Spanish Steps and French Revolutions and its difficult to say better than that. I wish he had done one of those dodgy Nazi groups though. They would have been ripe for the plucking by Tim's wit and cutting humour.
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