Posted in Biography (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
Written by Harriet Jones. By Wiley-Blackwell.
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No comments about A Companion to Contemporary Britain: 1939-2000 (Blackwell Companions to British History).
Posted in Biography (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
Written by Charles Desmond Greaves. By Lawrence & Wishart Ltd.
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No comments about The Life and Times of James Connolly.
Posted in Biography (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
Written by Bernadette Cunningham. By Four Courts Press.
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No comments about The World of Geoffrey Keating: History, Myth and Religion in Seventeenth-Century Ireland.
Posted in Biography (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
Written by Christine Pevitt. By Atlantic Monthly Pr.
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1 comments about Philippe, Duc D'Orleans: Regent of France.
- Knowing nothing about this historical personage or his period, I was pleasantly surprised with the intriguing, contradictory character of Philippe, the nephew of Louis XIV, and Regent for King Louis XV. The author relied heavily on primary sources to describe the Regent and his times, particularly on the letters of his mother (the second duchesse d'Orleans, Elizabeth Charlotte) and Saint Simon's writings. Since both famous writers were close to the Regent, there are lively sketches of Philippe. It is a balanced biography; the Regent's controversial personal life is addressed, too. The author establishes the background carefully, describing Louis XIV's overly long reign at its end; the old, rigid court at Versailles, the King's control of the nobility, the "liberal" movement towards Paris, the problems encountered by Louis XIV's grandson as the first Bourbon king of Spain, military and economic problems. Then, the Regency: politics and coup, social issues, and fiscal reforms. The author also presents cultural affairs (the arts) with great sensitivity. There is an excellent genealogy table and "cast of characters" preceding the text; also, a few pages of illustrations. This is an engrossing biography with useful"extras."
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Posted in Biography (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
Written by Niall O'Brien. By Orbis Books.
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No comments about Island of Tears, Island of Hope: Living the Gospel in a Revolutionary Situation.
Posted in Biography (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
Written by James Sharpe. By Profile Books.
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No comments about Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman.
Posted in Biography (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
By Oxford University Press, USA.
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No comments about The Acts of the Witnesses: The Autobiography of Lodowick Muggleton and Other Early Muggletonian Writings.
Posted in Biography (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
Written by Thomas, Sir, Saint More and George M. Logan. By Indiana University Press.
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No comments about The History of King Richard the Third: A Reading Edition.
Posted in Biography (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
Written by Dan White. By Harvard University Press.
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No comments about Lost Comrades: Socialists of the Front Generation, 1918-1945.
Posted in Biography (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
Written by J. P. Donleavy. By Viking Adult.
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No comments about J. P. Donleavy's Ireland.
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