Customer Reviews
An Honest Man! - By: Mr. W. Nicol, 10 Mar 2008 
Just loved this. Mr Kingdom writes a hugely interesting & engaging account of his life & adventures. For any fan of the TV series then this is a must. An insight into an honest, hard-working & devoted man.Lots of anecdotes & stories of his varied past. Very touching. A modern day, working class philospher.
Charming - By: Mrs. K. E. Watkins, 14 Jan 2008 
Have just finished reading this. The book is just as charming & eccentric as it's author. Johnny Kingdom's personality & humour shine through. This was a very enjoyable read, though the description of his haemerrhoid treatment may make your eyes water! Very funny, touching & interesting read.
thoroughly enjoyable - By: V. Nobel, 05 Jun 2007 Johnny Kingdom is a classic example of bad boy turned good man. Wonderful stories of how it used to be, & great pictures of him & the animals. Well worth the read.
A Kingdom in Heaven - By: Andrew Tyacke, 27 Feb 2007 This will surely become one of the classic country life biographies.
Johnny Kingdom has a sparse, simple & elegant writing style that brings his life straight to the mind of the reader. Don't be misled by the simple use of language. Here you will find no literary extravagances or wordy flourishes but, rather, a fascinating story fascinatingly told. Johnny Kingdom takes the reader into his world, from his harum scarum childhood & "school failure" days, through his early manhood & poaching activities to maturity as a country-wise & country-loving film maker.
Mr Kingdom paints a vivid series of pictures in this delightful narrative & gives a feeling of immediacy & reader involvement that puts to shame many of our more "literary" writes as we share in his joys, pains, escapades, tragedies and, above alll, his delight in his moorland heaven.
I am of his generation, I remember school days so similar to those described & I lived on & near, & know & love, Exmoor. I now live in Germany & his programmes & his book are vivid reminders of what I miss. My German wife, who has only spent a couple of days on Exmoor, was entranced by the programmes & is now rivetted by the book, constantly callling me to hear the latest stage of her surrogate journeys through Exmoor & to ask me about people, events & places described.
She keeps saying she wants to move back to Britain & to live in North Devon.
Thank you Johnny Kingdom!
Kingdom Rules. - By: Farm Girl, 20 Nov 2006 Have been captivated by the TV series, & fascinated by his life story.
A reallly interesting read. You can't help becoming caught up in his life.
A reallly wonderful idea as a Christmas present for anyone with a love of the countryside.
