Customer Reviews
Top Notch - By: Coversave Books, 15 Jan 2004 
This great book (I cheated & listened to the tapes) is top notch especiallly for us yorkshire folk as his early childhood recollections are situated around the Doncaster/Sheffield area. The book is inspirational as it shows how the passion for hiking & acting were ignited very early on & how Brian persued them against the odds & the expected norms when he was bought up. Beneath the loud & often Expletive exterior is a passionate man who inspires - Felt like booking myself on an expedition up everest after this book!
Gee-wizz - By: , 13 Jan 2003 
Just a brief suggestion, don't buy the paperback. The lack of pictures of Mr Blessed's jaunts are a let down.
However the narritive is not, reading like a boys adventure book. You are quickly carried away by Mr Blessed's imagination & love for adventure. It is very easy to imagine his booming voice carrying you along. Worth a read.
Brian Blessed - The Lost World (Hidden Depths!!!) - By: Coversave Books, 06 Jan 2003 Being a yorkshire person myself I found the tales of Brian's youth fascinating & entertaining a boy with an early obsession for the Lost World of Arthur Conan Doyle - a passion he pursued through his adult life conquering this vast plain & mountain at a ripe age - a true ambassodor for the notion that if you have enough passion you can achieve any of your dreams. Far from the loud & sometimes rude exterior portrayed of Brian on the big screen this book reveals a softer side. extremely entertaining & humerous. Would throughly recommend it & is easy reading ( I read it in two days)
Has Anyone Seen My Horse? - By: JONATHAN BECKETT, 08 Nov 2001 I must first admit to being something of a fan of Brian Blessed ever since he appeared in the movie "Flash Gordon" many years ago. It's rare in this day & age to find such a character. In turns he comes across as mad, funny, kind, caring & always great fun. It turns out he can write rather well too...
"Quest For The Lost World" charts Brian's attempt to climb one of the world's highest peaks, & his journey to Venzuela to climb the plateau that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write "The Lost World" - yes, it is based on a real place.
Brian is disarmingly frank & humourous about the discovery of his own limits, & keep us entertained the entire time with each day's adventures.
One section that had me laughing out loud was the summit ascent on the mountain in the first part of the book - where he suddenly felt much better after a couple of days struggling - so marched straight past the leading climbers & bellowed "HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY HORSE!?"
It goes without saying that you don't have to be a fan of Brian to read the book. It's a great read. I would recommend it to anybody.
INSPIRATIONAL AND UNFORGETTABLE! - By: , 17 Apr 2001 THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR EVERY PERSON WHO WISHES TO MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. YOU`LL NEVER FORGET MR. BLESSED`S QUEST IN FULFILLING A CHILDHOOD DREAM, NOR HIS WONDERFULL CHARACTER.
