The Spirit of Fire site is very graphics intensive and you may experience long download times for the pages. Please be patient.
All work contained within this site is copyright ©2006 by Davyd Leech unless indicated. Work here may be used as long as my name is mentioned as the copyright holder and as long as a link to this site is placed on the page with the extracted information.
The site is presented in Vivaldi font. To facilitate ease of
reading for those with visual difficulty, this site will in the near future
have a plain text transcript of each book. To access this feature, open the
book you want and then click on the scroll down the bottom. (
).
These pages are also useful for printing. If you don't have the Vivaldi font
installed (it is a Microsoft font) then the pages will not display properly.
The font itself looks like: 
and
you could do a browser substitution if you wish to see the site correctly.
The Vivaldi font is presented at Size 4 (18 pt in new scale).
To move around the Spirit of Fire site requires you to click on one of several items:
The phoenix: This
takes you back to the index for the section you are in. For example, in the
lyrics pages it takes you to the index for that record; then on the index
page it takes you index of all records; then on that page it takes you to
the book cover.
The next/previous page markers.
These are indicated by the roses at the bottom of each page. This will move
you forward one (
)
or back one (
)
page. At the start or end of each book it will take you to the index, as
will the index marker (
)
The books: Clicking on these will,
in the shelf, 
take
out a book and, on the table 
,
open the book for reading.
The Spirit of Fire logo 
takes
you to the Bookshelf
This site is not designed to be the be-all-and-end-all of Freddie Mercury. It is not a site concerned with blaming all of his life's highs and lows on his bi- or homosexuality nor is it concerned with this: he was that is all that need be said.
It is a philosophical work on the life and influences of Freddie Mercury. It is a site of opinion and supposition based on philosophical exposition, musings and wild guesses. It is not right, nor does it attempt to be 'correct' or 'definitive'. It is different and meant to be so.
The opinions presented herein are my opinions and negative discussion will not be entered into. Abuse and personal attacks will be dealt with by the appropriate authorities.
Positive discussion will be welcomed and there will be space for positive opinions at a later date.
If you get anything from this site then I am rewarded.
If you hate the site then please don't visit again - there is no compulsion on you.
My thoughts are mine and I am inviting you to share some of them. I am not trying to convince you or convert you. If it makes you think, if you wish to know more then keep coming back and enjoy this site.
It is my tribute to Freddie and one, in my mind, long overdue. There are many influences in Freddie's life and most of those which affect us as adults happen as children, not in Hamburg.
This site celebrates his life, his legacy and his works. Please enjoy.