Rhonda W. (smoky) reviewed on 12/26/2009 + 228 more book reviews

This is not nearly as good as Devil in the White City but still worth a read. It gives us a great historical picture of Marconi, an inventor with a flawed personality that makes for a terrible husband and father but a fantastic inventor. The books stumbles along with a lot of background information until midpoint when it fiivenally picks up with the Crippen murder of England coming to a head with Marconis wireless telegraph signals. The famous murder gives the story enough interest to keep reading. The fight between Marconi and his collaborators, demonstrates it takes more than know how to get great inventions to become historical events.

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