Written with the collector firmly in mind, this book is a celebration of the great days of home radio receivers, when quality was often more important than price. It presents thorough coverage of the subject from its historic beginnings with crystal and valve (tube) to the transistor era.
Tony Thompson is the bestselling author ofGangland BritainandGangs, and is widely regarded as one of Britain`s top true-crime writers. He has twice been nominated for the prestigious Crime Writer`s Association Gold Dagger for Non-fiction, winning the coveted title in 2001 for his bookThe Infiltrators. He is the former crime correspondent for theObserverand appears regularly on both television and radio as an expert on matters of crime.