Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Early Recordings

Elizabeth - The Early Years

Advantages: a fascinating life told in thriller-style
Disadvantages: not her whole life - just the first 30 years

I've just finished reading this book which accompanies the excellent Channel 4 series with David Starkey. The book concentrates on the early years of Elizabeth I's life, so by the end she is still in her twenties and has only just been coronated. The book is accessible without being patronising. I don't claim to have a great historical knowledge and I stopped having history lessons at the earliest possible opportunity at school. But David Starkey has a great passion for his subject that enlivens the book no end, and the range of materials he has used for research purposes is vast. The chapters are concise and the book is deliberately written in thriller-style, with cliffhangers and no information given away as to what ultimately happens. The book also looks at the impact on Elizabeth of having such a domineering father as ...

jonathancowley 19.05.2001 · Read full review
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OOh 8 hour cream by Elizabeth Arden...

Advantages: Works for a variety of skin problems, fixes all beauty problms Ive ever found....
Disadvantages: ...Is rather oily and does resember a squeezable version of vaseline

Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream, appears to feature in pretty much every beauty and fashion magazine I had ever owned ... So being a sucker for advertisement and word of mouth fantastic ratings from friends I thought I'd give it a whirl .... ..... I purchased this while working at Eurotunnel so I did get discount standard price in general isn't to pricey for what the product does, Never has it been truer you get what you pay for!! The product is packaged in a simple but elegant white tube with an easy access screw lid - I personally love the understated design - Buying the smaller version myself so it fit in whatever handbag I would chose to carry, nights out or days out this is a versatile product which covers a variety of beauty faux pas' A little of this product is more than enough ...by little I mean a miniscule amount ...

Danielle.Clarke 25.01.2009 · Read full review
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Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream - 101 Uses

Advantages: You can use it for everything
Disadvantages: The smells not the nicest

I had read about Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream many times in girls mags. It has always been hailed as a wonder product so I was curious to find out why. Now, I couldn't live with out it - I use it for everything. So what's it like? It comes in a white tube, the basic simplistic Elizabeth Arden packaging. It comes in a 75ml tube which costs about £15 depending where you buy it from. This tube lasts forever. Well, I've had mine since Christmas and there is still loads left. When you squeeze some out you'll notice that its not really a cream, it has more of an oily texture, is a brown colour & has a medical smell. The smell is the most off putting thing about it, but if you can get past this you will be glad of the benefits. So what are the many uses of Eight Hour Cream? Let me tell you... First and foremost you can use it ...

MaggieBroon 29.07.2005 · Read full review
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