1 comments about Edward VII's Children.

1. This is a enjoyable royal biography, and it's the first one that I have ever read that tell about the life of Queen Maud of Norway! Other books, barely mention her, but this author actually tell about her life and personality!
   
   The only thing I have against this book is that the author tends to focus more on King George V as well as Queen Maud instead of the other two children of Edward VII.

No comments about PRETENDERS..

No comments about Richard III: The Man Behind the Myth.

4 comments about The Billy Boy: The Life and Death of LVF Leader Billy Wright.

1. This book is an unfortunate attempt to justify the cowardly, and muderous actions of a notorious terrorist leader. The book also seems to be filled with misrepresented facts. The book details the rise of Billy "King Rat" Wright,who (after failing to defeat the superior forces of the IRA's East Tyrone, and North Armagh brigades) had to resort to killing scores of unarmed, innocent Catholic civillians.
   The book talks about how Billy Wright and the UVF, were forced to call a ceasefire in 1994, after a series of IRA assassinations of UVF leaders, left thier organization is disarray.

   Wright however, felt that the war against the IRA should go on, and in 1995, created his own UVF splinter faction called the LVF. After running the LVF for two years, Wright was put in prison for threatening to kill a Catholic woman. Upon entering prison he was immediately targeted for assassination by the IRA and INLA. Finnally in December of 1997, INLA commandos were able to ambush him inside a van in the prison courtyard, and shoot him to death. This book shows the life, death, and futile war that men like Billy Wright waged against a vastly superior foe...the IRA.




2. This book is an unfortunate attempt to justify the cowardly, and muderous actions of a notorious terrorist leader. The book also seems to be filled with misrepresented facts. The book details the rise of Billy "King Rat" Wright,who (after failing to defeat the superior forces of the IRA's East Tyrone, and North Armagh brigades) had to resort to killing scores of unarmed, innocent Catholic civillians.

   The book talks about how Billy Wright and the UVF, were forced to call a ceasefire in 1994, after a series of IRA assassinations of UVF leaders, left thier organization is disarray.

   Wright however, felt that the war against the IRA should go on, and in 1995, created his own UVF splinter faction called the LVF. After running the LVF for two years, Wright was put in prison for threatening to kill a Catholic woman. Upon entering prison he was immediately targeted for assassination by the IRA and INLA. Finnally in December of 1997, INLA commandos were able to ambush him inside a van in the prison courtyard, and shoot him to death. This book shows the life, death, and futile war that men like Billy Wright waged against a vastly superior foe...the IRA.




3. The life and death of Billy "King Rat" Wright told for the 1st time in great detail.As a portadown loyalist he intimidated and bullyed his way around in the only way he knew. He died as he lived-by the gun at the hands of the INLA at the maze prison.
   A Great Read,well written and great to know this guy is off the streets for good. Questions remain though wheher or not there was state collusion in his death. Buy It.



4. An account of how the man who brought the IRA to its knees in mid-Ulster was betrayed whilst in prison. An interesting read, although why the author got the ludicrously biased "Tim Pat Coogan" to write the intro is beyond me.

No comments about Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift.

1 comments about Ask Sir James: The Life of Sir James Reid, Personal Physician to.

1. This is a great book to read if want an idea on what court life was like during the last years of Queen Victoria; as well as court life during the lifetimes of King Edward VII and King George V. Also, it's interesting to note that Sir James Reid is Princess Diana's great-great uncle. Her great-grandfather (6th Earl Spencer) married Hon. Margaret Baring, sister-in-law to Sir James Reid.

No comments about The Boulanger Affair Reconsidered: Royalism, Boulangism, and the Origins of the Radical Right in France.

No comments about Tony and Cherie: Behind the Scenes in Downing Street.

No comments about Fascist Eagle: Italy's Air Marshal Italo Balbo.

1 comments about Unbridled Spirits: Women of the English Revolution: 1640-1660.

1. Stevie Davies has accomplished something with this book that few, if any, other authors regarding women's rights and history have ever accomplished. She doesn't whine about the millennia through which women have lived while lacking specific rights. Rather, she lets the historical facts speak for themselves, and they scream loudly and clearly. Anyone who reads this book will hear.