The Gamma Particle: A Study of Cell-Organelle Interactions in the Development of the Water Mold Blastocladiella Emersonii (Bibliotheca Cardiologica)

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Discover a series of cultures and peoples as vibrant and varied as any in the world. Whether you are traveling there for the first time or returning to recapture past magic – Spain is sure to offer you thousands of visual, cultural and culinary delights, making your trip an extraordinary experience! Before leaving on your journey to this beautiful country, be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing!

The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best: "Fodor's Gold Guides are saturated with information."

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Full-color photography is paired with clearly written text in these exciting first reference books about history and the natural world.

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Great Mysteries of the Ice and Snow
Edward F. Dolan
Manufacturer: Dodd Mead
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A is for Arctic: Natural Wonders of a Polar World

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Spectacled Eider + Cold weather animals = A decent book

A is for Arctic: Natural Wonders of a Polar World
Wayne Lynch
Manufacturer: Firefly Books
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ASIN: 1552090485

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Lured form a career in medicine by the magic of the North nearly 20 years ago, Dr. Wayne Lynch returns every year to the arctic--the temptress that altered the course of his life. A world-acclaimed author and wildlife photographer, Lynch has compiled a book unlike any other on this distant region.

In A is for Arctic, he presents an intimate and entertaining look at the charismatic creatures that flourish in this wild polar world. Experience the sights and sounds of seabird cliffs teeming with screaming kittiwakes and colorful auks, and marvel at the majesty of such northern mammals as the polar bear, fox, walrus, seal and whale. They have all adapted to a landscape still touched by the timeless flow of glaciers. Wonderfully illustrated with photographs that capture the delicate and complex nature of this region, A is for Arctic will change forever the way you view the North.

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Spectacled Eider + Cold weather animals = A decent book.......2001-12-13

It's a fascinating book, with beautiful pictures and good information on certain subjects. For the prices available on this site it is well worth the buy though. I bought it many for the picture of the Spectacled Eider. I'm a waterfowl artist and well, thought that was a good enough picture for some great reference on it. I'm a big fan of the arctic also. so if you love snow and cold animals, put it on your charge card and wait for it's arrival. I think you'll like it.
Bottom line, It's not just a look at once book!
Buy a used one at least!

N.Janes

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There's more than just mallards.
How many ducks do you know?

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The marvelous wonders of the polar world,: Being a complete and authentic history of voyages and discoveries in the polar regions ... from the narratives ... Greely, Commander Schley, Lieut. Danenhower
Herman Dieck
Manufacturer: N.D. McDonald
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008AGPOM

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Wonders of the Arctic
Jacquelyn Berrill
Manufacturer: Dodd, Mead
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Wonders of the Arctic & Antarctic
Jacquelyn Berrill
Manufacturer: Methuen young books
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The Wonders of the Arctic World : A History of All the Researches and Discoveries : Together with a History of the Polaris Expedition Under the Late Captain C. F. Hall
Epes and Cunnington, William H. Sargent
Manufacturer: Philadelphia Book Company
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The Wonders of the Arctic World: A History of All the Researches & Discoveries in the Frozen Regions of the North...together with a Complete..History of The Polaris Expedition
Epes & Cunnington, William Sargent
Manufacturer: Philadelphia Book Company
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A is for Arctic: natural wonders of a polar world.: An article from: Arctic

Manufacturer: Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary
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Doublequick, the king harpooner, or, the wonder of the whalers (Pluck and luck, complete stories of adventure)

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Doublequick, the king harpooner, or, the wonder of the whalers (Pluck and luck, complete stories of adventure)
Thomas H Wilson
Manufacturer: Frank Tousey
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ASIN: B0008CQT5U

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Own your own home-regardless of your credit rating

You can be a homeowner—even if your credit is nothing to brag about or virtually non-existent. This practical, fact-filled guide shows how to achieve your goal of home ownership with your current credit. Mortgage loan officer Thomas K. Masters teaches you the basics of home buying, from alternative mortgage programs to financing tips that will help you avoid the red tape of many home loans. Clear, concise, and free of technical jargon, this accessible, straightforward reference is filled with real-life examples. Here's where you can find essential information on:

"Qualifying ratios" set by the federal lending authorities
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What to look for in a lender
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A Worthwhile Reference.......2001-01-21

This book provides a wide-ranging exploration of the history and traditions surrounding common (and sometimes surprising) Christian symbols of the Advent and Lenten seasons. It also contains numerous excellent suggestions for introducing these symbols into teaching and worship. In fact, so many of these suggestions are suitable for use with all ages I think it's somewhat unfortunate that the publisher chose to use "For Children" so prominently in the title, as this may unnecessarily limit the perception of how broadly useful it really is. It's worth noting that the book is written from a Catholic perspective, but again, much of the content is generally relevant across Christian traditions (I'm Methodist, myself).

In all, a fine book for those interested in learning more about how "that" came to be connected to these religious celebrations.

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Eloquent imagery - 'billowy,pillowy dunes' & adventure

Little Humpty
Margaret Wild , and Ann James
Manufacturer: Simply Read Books
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ASIN: 1894965558

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Big Humpty and Little Humpty are a mother and baby camel who live alone in the desert. They play games together, and Big Humpty tells Little Humpty stories about the big, wide world. One day it dawns on Big Humpty that it's time Little Humpty had some friends of his own to play with. So they set off together to the Great Waterhole. Along the way, Little Humpty tries to guess what they will find there . . .

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Eloquent imagery - 'billowy,pillowy dunes' & adventure.......2005-04-02

A divine and delightful picture book that is written & illustrated with exquisite taste and enough emotion to tug at the heart-strings in a very affecting fashion.

The book begins;

In the hot, hot desert where the
wind whirled and the sand swirled,
lived Big Humpty and Little Humpty'

Big Humpty is concerned that Little Humpty needs playmates of his own age (the perpetual worry of mothers around the world) and she decides they must travel to the Great Waterhole.

On the long journey (and many "are we there yet"'s later)Little Humpty imagines all the wonders they might find at the end, but although he dreams of "roly poly hippo's" and ""elephants tramping & trumpeting" he never imagines the joy of finding "lots of little humpties, just like me!"

Serene luminous paintings, the quiet glowing desert landscape gleams with a pristine beauty brought to glorious life by artist Ann James.

Eloquent imagery like 'billowy,pillowy dunes' from Margaret Wild make this book a joy to read aloud & this is a wonderful book for your home collection.

It is a great favorite with my 3yr old son, and a book I delight in reading to him. Children easily relate to the language & simple story, with lots of funny moments & happy conclusion.

Most highly recommended & enjoyed!
kotori ojadis@yahoo.com

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A Fairy Tale Work of Nonfiction

Camel Bells (Stella)
Janne Carlsson
Manufacturer: Groundwood Books
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ASIN: 0888995164

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After his father’s death, 12-year-old Hajdar finds himself head of his family and must make many adult decisions. He ventures to Kabul to earn extra money, meeting both adventure and peril. Thousands of Soviet troops invade Kabul to overthrow the Afghan government. Soon pockets of rebels called mujahedeen spring up all over the country. Set against harsh conditions, political upheaval, and imminent danger, Camel Bells recounts the long and arduous journey that leads to Hajdar’s toughest decision of all — whether to join the mujahedeen or run away from the country he loves. This is a unique portrayal of life in Afghanistan before the Taliban.

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A Fairy Tale Work of Nonfiction.......2003-07-12

There is a lot to commend this book to a young audience who is just gaining an interest in, or being exposed to the world of international affairs, and to South Asia in particular. Although it is not choc full of historical facts, it is graced with a very intimate glimpse into the world of two young men of modest means whose world was shattered by rebellion, conflict, and ultimately the Soviet invasion of 1979. As the two lads travel from their village to Kabul in order to gain extra income for their families, they learn harsh urban realities and ultimately the human toll of political instability. Bombs explode around them; jets drone over Kabul; the president is killed; and a new political day dawns before their eyes - a day which their youth has not yet prepared them to understand. While one seeks refuge back in the simplicity of his village, the other joins a band of mujahedeen, fighting government troops who now appear to be operating with support of the Soviets.

The book is quite short and almost written in a fairy tale fashion. For anyone who has traveled to Kabul, even in the 21st century, the descriptions remain strikingly current - as if it is indeed a place stuck in time. Taxis and buses weave about on dangerous collision courses; dust pervades every aspect of daily life; vendors peddle their wares using scales with bits of metal or stones as counterweights. The description of Chicken Street could have been written yesterday: "Chicken street was exactly as Hadi had described it. It was lined with shops where everything but chicken was sold. There were rows and rows of leather bags, small hand-knotted rugs, woodwork, blue grass from Herat, embroidered suede clothes, colorful cloth bags and Afghan musical instruments." While this book will not provide much for an experienced student of Afghanistan or international affairs, it will likely succeed at personalizing a remote locale for a young audience which might otherwise find it difficult to imagine or to even perceive as real.

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The Camel Family (Zoobooks Series)
John Bonnett Wexo
Manufacturer: Wildlife Education, Ltd.
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Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 1888153407

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Will that be one hump or two? Learn an easy way to remember which camel is bactrian and which is dromedary-and find out the truth about just how long camels can really go without water.

Zoobooks, the 59-book animal series - the "everything you wanted to know but didn't know who to ask" guide to the world's most fascinating creatures. Each exciting edition of Zoobooks is packed with current scientific facts, striking photography, beautiful illustrations and unique activities that teach children about animals and the habitats in which they live. With innovative publications and products, Wildlife Education, Ltd. has enriched the lives of children, parents, and educators nationwide for 20 years. All titles are offered in library-bound hardcover and soft-cover styles. Zoobooks, ideal for the knowledge-hungry 4-11 year old!

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The Camel Family - Zoobooks (Volume Sixteen Number Six)
John Bonnett Wexo
Manufacturer: Wildlife Education. Ltd
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Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000VUNW5O

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The Camel Family

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World's Best Dad!
Enjoyable!!
Where in the world did this story come from?
What I Really Think
I am confused!

Journey to an 800 Number
E.L. Konigsburg
Manufacturer: Aladdin
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THE CAMEL-KEEPER'S SON

Maxmilian (also known as Bo) Stubbs's mother has just married a very rich man. Bo is looking forward to moving into his stepfather's big house and attending the snooty Fortnum School in the fall. Everything about Bo's new life is going to be first class, just like his new navy blazer with the Fortnum crest on the pocket.

But while his mother is on her honeymoon, Bo has to spend a month with his father Woody, an itinerant camel-keeper who entertains at shopping malls and conventions around the country. Woody is decidedly not first class, and neither is the eccentric cast of characters Bo meets on their travels. But Bo learns a lot from them that isn't taught at Fortnum...about love and loyalty and the art of pretending -- and that class and first class are not necessarily the same thing.

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World's Best Dad!.......2003-02-14

Young Max is furious that his mother has dumped him on his camel-driving father for the summer, while she is off honeymooning with a much older husband. Barely civil to his eager father
because of his vagabond existence and his lowlife companions,
Max learns more valuable lessons on the road than he did at the fancy private school he attends.

As he makes the rounds of malls, fairs and conventions with his father, Max discovers how to identify Real people from the cons and the snobs--how to sort out the freaks from the phonies. But will he ever become comfortable with the fact that his father is just a regular guy with an usual lifestyle? He struggles to accept a broader definition of Family. A clever story which will entertain middle school readers.

Enjoyable!!.......2002-06-07

Though a big fan of Konigsburgs other works (like many of the other reviewers) I thouroughly enjoyed this book (unlike those reviwers)! Maybe it's just my love of characters that made me love this book, but I was increadibly pleased. It's a very strange and out-of-the-blue plot, I'll admit, but Konigsburg, like always, manages to pull it all together into a story of friendship and love between some very different people. I'd recommend this book for just a joy-read rather than using it for any type of book project becuause the deeper meanings are buried way in there. Hope you enjoy!

Where in the world did this story come from?.......2001-01-07

This book was so confusing the first time through I actually had to read it again to the get the "deeper meaning" of the text. It is a wacky and zany story about a boy who grows up with his divorced mother who marries a very rich man, and gains his stepfathers snobbish ways, and when he goes to visit his "father", a camel keeper who travels around the country scraping off a very minimal payment per "show", he is often ashamed and embarrased of his father, but as they travel from Texas to Oklahoma to Colorado to Las Vegas, they meet a number of people who help show Max (Bo), that his father is not such a bad guy, and that who he really is, is quite different from who he has been pretending to be. The confusing part for me was the constant meetings with Sabrina and her mother, Lilly, and I understood that they were con artists early on, but how did they befriend Max, and why did they always seem to be traveling the same route that he and his father were going. What the purpose of these two convention addicts were in the book, I still have not figured out. Since the book has some interesting twists, I would reccomend it for a short afternoon read. (I finished it in an hour), but it is not one of E.L. Konigsburg's best.

What I Really Think.......2000-09-23

Unlike most of the other books by this author, I find this one unsatisfying. It has no big mystery, no interesting thing to focus on. The fact that this boy has divorced parents, with a poor camel-keeper as a father and a mother marrying some rich guy, the most he learns is that his mother was pregnant with him when his first parents got married because of a different man. I don't recommend buying this book, as it has none of the good flavor like other books I've read.

I am confused!.......2000-09-05

As an adult who has read other of E.L. Konigsburg's books, I do NOT "Get" this one. What was it about. I expected so much more. I kept thinking it would go in one direction or another, but it never did and suddenly, it ended and I said, "What was that about? Why did I read this?" I was most certainly confused. I figured out early on that the young girl and Mom that Max (Bo) met were "con" artists, perhaps that is the adult in me, of not being trusting of everyone's motives and that all is NOT what they appear to be. I did not like the main character very much and he was not someone who you felt a great deal about. The father comes off as being so much nicer especially since he had made so many good friends and acquaintances on all of his trip. The son was always so disappointed, humiliated and ashamed of his father. Perhaps it is because he felt so different from his Father and his Mother taught him her "snobbish" values etc., His Dad was just "ordinary folk" who were kind and caring for each other. I liked his Dad and the weird cast of characters that they both met along the way. The Mother did not fit into the story, nor did the blazer from Fortnums and what happened when he got back to his Mom, his permanent life, his school etc., ? I was really confused and expected this story to go somewhere and it just didn't. I read the book jacket back cover of how E.L. came up with the idea, but felt it could have been developed and explored better, especially when adults are reading the material. Kathryn

Marilou Keeps a Camel (First Novel Series)

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Marilou Keeps a Camel (First Novel Series)
Raymond Plante
Manufacturer: Formac
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Release Date: 2004-11-05

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Marilou and her father are keeping Camelot, a camel, in their garden for a few days. Meanwhile Marilou's father is building a new enclosure for the camel at the zoo which will be like the desert.
After Marilou has taken her pet camel for a tour of her neighbourhood, they take him back to the zoo. Marilou sees that Camelot will be well protected in the new enclosure, but also very isolated. Together they all make changes to the fence so that everyone can pay a visit.
In this amusing story, Marilou and her friends share with each other all they know about camels, where they come from and what they need.

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Mount Camel Calling NZ
Alice Evans
Manufacturer: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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A Camel Load of Onions
Ginette Sakal Dayan
Manufacturer: Day-Video
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Comparative study of the relationship between family size, herd size and management among nomadic pastoralists (Camel forum. Working paper)

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Comparative study of the relationship between family size, herd size and management among nomadic pastoralists (Camel forum. Working paper)
Mohamed Ali Hussein
Manufacturer: Somalia Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007BUI0E

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Oriental Carpets in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin
Friedrich Spuhler
Manufacturer: Smithsonian
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ORIENTAL CARPETS IN THE MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART, BERLIN

Manufacturer: Smithsonian Washington (1987)
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I9U72E

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This is an engaging, illustrated book, packed with ancedotes and the stories and history of the vegetable kingdom and those who have grown and enjoyed them over the centuries.

Spade, Skirret and Parsnip: The Curious History of Vegetables

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Spade, Skirret and Parsnip: The Curious History of Vegetables
Bill Laws
Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing
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This is an engaging, illustrated book, packed with anecdotes and stories, which explores the history of the vegetable kingdom and those who have grown and enjoyed them over the centuries.

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Another fine book........2003-08-01

Just love these books. Have read all of them I think. This is an easy way to enjoy history, without the fiction.

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An eye-opening re-evaluation of Cromwell's campaign in Ireland--that challenges all conventional interpretations of his actions. Oliver Cromwell's "scorched earth" policy allegedly contributed to the deaths of thousands, making him one of the most reviled figures in Irish history. But, is there any solid evidence for this conclusion? Period sources and eyewitness accounts may argue otherwise. "...an important book...scrupulous in [his] examination of evidence...assiduous in research and [he] quotes primary sources extensively. Above all, he understands that the past should not be judged by the standards and fashions of the 1990s."--Sunday Times.

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Poorly Researched Bit of Propaganda.......2006-06-03

This book is an endless string of special pleading on behalf of Oliver Cromwell whose own letters betray him as someone who believed that the killing of Catholic non-combatants "gave glory to God."

On the one hand, Mr. Reilly reveals himself as thoroughly incapable of sifting and weighing historical sources. On the other hand, he does provide a pretty thorough summary of the main arguments of several generations of Cromwell apologists. This fact makes the book as useful for teaching logic and historical reasoning as it is useless for studying Cromwell's Irish Campaign.

Inventing a New Oliver Cromwell.......2001-08-01

This is a remarkable attempt to revise the accepted view of Cromwell in Ireland. For Reilly, a native of Drogheda, Cromwell was an honourable soldier who did not cause the death of a single unarmed civilian in his hometown. In Reilly's account Cromwell is a reasoned, enlightened "humanitarian" who has been the victim of his enemy's black propaganda. This is a startling thesis which, if it were true, would put generations of historians to shame.

It would be easy to ridicule Reilly's dreadful prose; his enthusiastic description of the McDonald's outlet in modern Drogheda will, unfortunately, remain with me for a very long time. Yet, the main weaknesses of this book are not stylistic, but historical. To be blunt, Cromwell: An Honourable Enemy owes more to Reilly's often expressed desire to "rehabilitate the memory of Cromwell in Ireland" than it does to any generally accepted rules of historical practice.

The author exhibits a profound unfamiliarity with the history of the English Revolution of the mid-seventeenth century. In his mind, Cromwell was a democrat, the leader of an oppressed nation which rose up against monarchical tyranny, thereby securing freedom and liberty. This was certainly the view of a number of historians writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but it is an untenable position for anyone familiar with an undergraduate textbook written in the last fifty years. In actual fact, Cromwell was no more a democrat than Charles was a tyrant, and the English Revolution was not an expression of the popular will, but the product of a civil war fought between two small groups which were unrepresentative of the wishes of the population as a whole.

Furthermore, Reilly has chosen to write about perhaps the most controversial period of Irish history without consulting a single book or pamphlet dating from the time of the sack of Drogheda. Instead, he bases his thesis on extracts of contemporary sources reproduced, with varying degrees of accuracy, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As such, he makes a number of serious blunders, the most important of which concerns Cromwell's letter to the House of Commons after the battle at Drogheda. The original letter does not survive but the official printed version confirms that "many inhabitants" were among those killed by Cromwell's forces at Drogheda. If this pamphlet is authentic, Reilly's thesis is in ruins. He, therefore, latches onto a nineteenth-century, pro-Cromwellian book which claimed that these words do not appear in the original pamphlet. When it was subsequently pointed out to Reilly that they do indeed appear in the pamphlet in question, he was forced to fall back on another argument from a nineteenth-century defender of Cromwell; the incriminating words must have been added without Cromwell's knowledge, possibly by the printer of the pamphlet. Yet, Reilly provides no evidence for this assertion and does not explain why the printer might have done this or how he avoided punishment for accusing Cromwell of killing civilians.

Even among the limited range of nineteenth and twentieth-century books which he consulted,Reilly found a number of contemporary references to the slaughter of civilians at Drogheda. As such, he is forced to adopt a number of disturbing sleights of hand. He dismisses all accounts of the massacre which were not written by eyewitnesses. At first glance this is entirely reasonable, but when one considers the nature of the sacking of a town it seems churlish to discount all testimony written by individuals who spoke to eyewitnesses or survivors. For example, Reilly dismisses Anthony Wood's testimony that his brother Thomas, who served in the Cromwellian forces at Drogheda, had spoken on numerous occasions of his part in the killing of women and children in the town. Reilly denigrates Anthony Wood as a gossip, buffoon, and drunk, and suggests that we would be unwise to put much faith in him. Yet, if Anthony Wood is unreliable why does Reilly accept his description of the royalist governor of Drogheda, Sir Arthur Aston, as a reprehensible tyrant? The only logical answer is that Wood's description of Aston's character helps Reilly to explain away the fact that Cromwell's men beat his brains out with his own wooden leg after he had surrendered.

In other words, anything which tends to lessen the enormity of Cromwell's actions at Drogheda is accepted uncritically, while any evidence which implicates him in the murder of civilians must pass the highest possible standards of proof. Reilly explains away eyewitness accounts of civilian deaths by magnifying slight inconsistencies between them and by attacking the character and motivations of the witnesses themselves. Once again, Cromwell is innocent until proven guilty while his opponents are guilty until proven innocent. Finally, having, to his satisfaction at least, demolished the evidence against Cromwell, Reilly asserts that there is no contemporary evidence for the massacre of civilians at Drogheda. At times one cannot but feel something approaching admiration for Reilly's ability to deal from the bottom of the deck, but one cannot get away from the fact that he has done too little research to support his extravagant claims. He is completely unaware of John Evelyn's diary entry for 15 September 1649 which tells how he received "news of Drogheda being taken by the Rebells and all put to the sword." Neither is he familiar with a report in a newspaper named Mercurius Elencticus, dated 15 October 1649, which tells how the Cromwellians at Drogheda "possessed themselves of the Towne, and used all crueltie imaginable upon the besieged, as well inhabitants as others, sparing neither women nor children." Had Reilly been aware of these sources he would, undoubtedly, have found some grounds to dismiss them, but when they are read in conjunction with the numerous other accounts of civilians deaths at Drogheda there can be no doubt about what happened in that town in September 1649. This is, in short, a painfully bad book.

Jason Mc Elligott, St John's College, Cambridge.

An intelligent and very well researched book.......2001-07-28

Right from the start this work grips you and keeps you interested as it describes the movements by the 17th Century Parlimentarians; Monroe and Inchiquin & Co thoughout the country and also describes the sometimes uneasy alliance of the Irish Confederates (Eoin Ruatha O Neill) with the Royalists led by Ormond right to the defeat of Ormand at Rathmines in Dublin by the Parlimentarian, Michael Jones, which was indeed very welcome news for Cromwell's upon his arrival.

Just when you think you are getting to grips with the already complex story, there are betrayals, turn-coating etc to keep you on the edge of your seat.

A lot of light is shed on the figure of 17th Century History and for someone interested in History and fact and uninterested in emotional opinion, O Reilly, at one stage nearly had me feeling sorry for this man - though I would doubt that that had ever been his objective.

Having grown up - and admittedly not knowing a whole about Cromwell prior to reading this book - there must have been something embedded in my psyche, as there would be with many others here, in that when anyone mentions the name, you might automatically think, "That .... Cromwell" in what he had done in Ireland in 1649/50 and the legacy he left right up to the present.

O Reilly compares and contrasts very well the eye-witness and non-eye-witness accounts of the sieges (massacres) at Drogheda, Wexford, Ross and the rest of the New Model army's Campaign. For an Irishman it was difficult at times to hear that the only humiliation Cromwell really felt during his nine months stay in Ireland was given to him at Clonmel. So it could be dismissed that O 'Reilly - who himself, I believe hails from the lovely town of Drogheda is not out to vindicate Cromwell's actions, but he does show that Cromwell was indeed an intelligent soldier who carried out his orders to the letter. And also from the information in the book, if anyone had the idea that This New Model army were a bunch of sword swaggering morans that systematically slaughtered any moving thing in their way, one can see that he ran a very tight ship with a reference made throughout the book about his instructions to his regiments, 'that none of his troops are to steal food from local people.'

Great book, my only criticism of it would be its lack of maps.

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