A stunning history of the great race in Monaco - possibly the best track in racing. Full of great photos, there's also a detailed history to read as well. Some books concentrate on photos or text, but this book strikes the right balance of both together.

This book is a wonderfully illustrated History of Grand Prix Racing in Monaco. The book begins with a short of history of Monaco and then begins a history of the Grand Prix. The book concentrates on racing in Monaco with little mention of other races. There are also short biographies of many of racers even if they never won in Monaco. The end of the book focuses on the celebrities and parties. The text is accompanied with lots of historical photographs. I found the book easy to read and interesting. One comment on the format. I do wish there were captions on the photographs in the book and not in the back as an appendix. Enjoy the race and the armchair traveling.

A book about the Grand Prix of Monaco. That is what I thought. The beginning of the book talking about the history of Monaco was ok because then the author went into the first race of 1929 and the races until WWII stopped them. They would pick up again after and by 1948 they would start racing again. They also began coming up with rules for the cars 1.5 liter super charged engines, no larger than 4.5. They did skip a few years in the fifties but by the mid-fifties, it has been going on since. The part I like the most or the book was the one about the different drivers. Moss, Hill, Clark, Stewart, Braham, Rindt, Prost, Schumacher, Senna who posted the fastest time. I do wish he would have gone into more of the drivers like Nikki Lauda, and others. I have been following F-1 since 1970 and through the first part of the book was good the last part did not hold my attention. With parties night life, and other stories I did not get into that part. The racing part is what I enjoyed about this book.