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Kidnap of the Flying Lady: How Germany Captured Both Rolls-Royce and Bentley
enlarge	Author: Richard Feast Publisher: Motorbooks International Category: Book Buy New: $144.99 New (1) from $144.99 Avg. Customer Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 1374663 Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 224 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6 Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3 ISBN: 0760316864 EAN: 9780760316863 ASIN: 0760316864 Publication Date: October 2003 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: Brand new book

Editorial Reviews: Product Description Kidnap of the Flying Lady shows how a dextrous move by Sir Ralph Robbins netted 40 million for an unconnected and unrelated company, aero engine maker Rolls-Royce PLC. The story continues with how the famous plant at Crewe ended up making Bentleys under VW ownership and how BMW rather bizarrely buried a Rolls-Royce factory in Lord March's back garden in Goodwood.

Customer Reviews: An Insightful and Smart Book February 21, 2008 This book is fantastic. It is a well researched look into the long chain of events that allowed the Germans to buy two prized English Legends, Rolls Royce Motorcars and Bentley. The author does not wag his finger or denounce the Germans from taking Rolls Royce away from the Brits. He lays it on the line. He details the bad decisions and market forces that eventualy forced the English automaker's hand. This book must be read for its look into the automotive industry. This book is not filled with dreamy eyed descriptions of "the best car in the world." The various executives who speak in the book are realistic in describing the problems Roll Royce had suffered over the years, regarding build quality and financial issues. Brilliant, Compelling, Important February 19, 2004 3 out of 3 found this review helpful Walk into the local supermart of bookstores, leaf through the "business" section and within five minutes know the sum total of five best sellers. The "transportation" shelves typically offer little better: business histories that read like the old notes of a reporter or minutiae on a historical marque. Then comes Richard Feast, with his compelling saga of the world's most revered automotive name, its trials and (sometimes) self-inflicted tribulations, linked carefully and accurately to the industry around it and to the particular travails of British industry in the second half of the 20th Century. Filled with first-rate reportage and wonderful characters, it is a wonderfully spun, brilliantly paced history that no doubt will become a reference work for generations of car lovers and business watchers.

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