M&D Blurb on Amazon UK

[Richard Romeo]

Hey all--this review is pretty interesting, apologies for the format, rich:

Richard Dixon-Teasdale (rteasdale at willisscott.co.uk) from Durham, England , 
16
                        December, 1999
                        A surprisingly accurate piece of "fiction"
                        I must confess my bias towards this book before I 
start. My name is Richard Dixon-Teasdale, my
                        Grandmother was MH Dixon of Cockfield, County 
Durham. Yes you guessed it I am a relative of
                        Jeremiah Dixon, he was my great, great, great 
grandfathers (I still get this wrong how many greats
                        there are)brother. My interest in this book 
originated from my childhood after hearing all the family
                        stories of the Dixon clan from my Grandmother and 
following her death in 1984 inheriting some
                        family heirlooms relating to the Dixons, i.e. we 
have the original compass that was used to draw the
                        line between north and south America. We even had 
the stained glass window presented to
                        Jeremiah from Captain Cook on his return to the 
North East of England after completing the line.
                        Jeremiah Dixon was not the only famous Dixon however 
and many of his successors have a
                        prestigious heritage, for example Cleopatras Needle 
which now stands on the banks of the Thames
                        in London, England was transported by boat in a 
watertight capsule by a Dixon, which was quite a
                        feat in those days. Other achievements included the 
invention of gas lighting in a house, even
                        though this particular Dixon never officially became 
recognised as the inventor as the history books
                        credit someone else many years later. This invention 
is imprinted in the history books of Cockfield
                        as the experiments were considered too dangerous as 
this particular Dixon ended up blowing up his
                        house!! The first inland railway line was modeled on 
the original plans by another Dixon who wanted
                        to build a canal. The list is endless and I digress. 
Anyway my Great Grandfather started to write a
                        book on the history of the Dixon family but died 
before he could finish it. I have decided to finish the
                        book that he started, this has involved me trawling 
through many graveyards looking for family
                        members and trawling through many public libraries. 
So if any publishers read this I am open to
                        offers. Anyway back to the review I found the book 
to be incredibly well researched and provided
                        you have some patience as I did find it pretty heavy 
going at the start you will be rewarded with a
                        modern masterpiece. I found it fascinating and has 
been an invaluable source for my own book.
                        Read it you wont regret it!



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