An Illustrated History (the original book)

[Kevin H]

Geoff,
I am sure the book is not without it's flaws/inaccuracies. The reason I say it is a "useful" book is because of the ease with which one can find information. It also has lots of interesting information in tabular format.

I believe "A Private Car" is probably the most accurate and definitely the most entertaining Bristol book, however it reads like a story book and can be very frustrating if you want to just look up some facts and figures.

I agree that we are fortunate that we have so many books for such an obscure marque, it is however a shame that they were all written by authors who were Bristol zealots. Although it was good to see Setright correct at least one of the myths contained in his earlier "Bristol Cars and Engine" which had become accepted as fact in the world of motoring journalism.