Past Caring

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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: 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: 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: 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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Summary: Amazing intellectual mystery
Review: This first book of Robert Goddard is an amazing intellecutal mystery. The protagonist is an "everyman" --- a historian unlucky in love and business, who stumbles into a strange twist of fate and history. I read this first, then the rest, and then re-read it. It could be his best. It's trite to say --- but if you liked "Rebecca" by Daphne DuMarier, you will love this one

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Summary: Another winner from Goddard
Review: Yet another fantastic story from Robert Goddard, and that's what it is A STORY - so all the historians out there who don't like history being tampered with, should remember that it's fiction!
You really feel for Martin, the central character, who is a historian down on his luck when he is offered an opportunity of employment in researching former cabinet minister Edwin Stafford's memoir. As is typical with Robert Goddard there are plenty of twists in the tale, this is a brilliant book and I'd recommend it to anyone who just wants a good read.