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Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

Author: Ranulph Fiennes
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

11 reviews
Sales Rank: 1256

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.2

ISBN: 0340951699
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780340951699
ASIN: 0340951699

Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

What a legend! June 1, 2008
This is a must read for everyone who needs motivation
Fiennes tells his story with brutal honesty and his adventures are amazing achievements

5 out of 5 stars

An amazing, inspiring read... May 26, 2008
There are books you read and forget.
There are books you read that stay wiith you
And there are just a few books that really inspire you.

This is one of those books, it is well written, gripping, and hard to put down.

This is my first RF book, but it will not be the last, it is an inspirational read, this guy has achieved so much and yet the book is written with a humility, the facts and the details of the events are what you are reading.

It is a million miles from these awfull celebrity biographies.

Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars

A fascinating insight into a life of adventure February 22, 2008
I usually read at light speed, but this book was so enjoyable I slowed right down and savoured it bit by bit for two weeks. It was like having Fiennes himself there in the room telling the story of his life. There is not much by way of self psycho-analysis but that's fine. We are allowed to draw our own conclusions. Instead events are described in excellent detail allowing the reader to accompany Fiennes on his adventures and share in his triumphs and tragedies.

5 out of 5 stars

outside of the bible January 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Outside of the Bible, this is prob the best book that I've read,(and I've read a few). A few months ago me and my son went into a charity shop, I saw a book by RF (Mind Over Matter),and, for whatever reason (as I basically knew next to nothing about him), I bought and read it (in snatches), then in Dec (07)we went into a shop where RF had done a book signing (for 'mad, bad and dangerous to know') in the days prior. My son said would you like this for xmas? I said (cos it was signed,)'yes'. NOW the review, it is 'intoxicating, thrilling and well written', you can feel the cold as he walks off into the distance. A 60 yr old coming to within such a very short distance of Everest summit,yet shortly after climbs the Eiger, and the commentary is so good that you are on the rock slab with him. The 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days, (inspiring). As per cromwell, it is open, (ie warts and all). A man who did not as such 'lose' parts of his fingers, but rather decided to take things into his own hands (no pun intended). In re: the book itself, the photo pages (in my edition, at least) soon started to tear, in fact one page is completely torn out. but the text more than makes up for that (esp since mine is signed). Highly recommended.

3 out of 5 stars

Mad Bad and the eye catching title January 9, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful

Ranolph Fiennes' achievements as a traveller cannot be disputed. However, there is little examination of motives and psychology behind them in the book, which is what I like to see in an autobiography and this is ultimately disappointing. So, he's a man of action and I am impressed by his achievements and he writes quite well. But I felt that everything was written from a very conservative viewpoint( summed up in Appendix 1 of the book ) with little of the insight that you can find in a biography like Andy Cave's great " Learning To Breathe" or Stephen Venables' "Higher Than the Eagle Soars". In the end I thought "Mad , Bad..." was just a bit superficial. Good eye-catching title though.
Great traveller. Average book.