1 comments about The Way That I Went: An Irishman in Ireland.

1. I'm ordering an extra copy of this book for my Irish house; it walks away with visitors, I think. It's a wonderful wander through a colorful land which, in a way, persists behind the modern clutter, the wide roads and narrow minds that have replaced the old ways. I'll carry it with me as I drive down to Roundstone, up to Sligo, amethyst mining on Achill ... the stones, plants, birds and other charms of Ireland are merrily visited, and it gives another dimension to one's explorations.

No comments about Travels With Queen Victoria.

1 comments about Robert Bruce & The Community of the Realm of Scotland.

1. This is the best book for the study of this pivotal period in Scottish History. Barrow is the foremost scholar of the period and this book is a masterpiece. It covers the period from Alexander III's death in 1286 through to the death of Robert the Bruce in 1329, and is both detailed and also very readable. If you only buy one book on the period, this should be it!

2 comments about Defiant Irish Women.

1. This book would better have been entitled "Deviant Irish Women." This is no children's book, as a quick glance at the graphic and gruesome illustrations prove. More horror than history, its stories of greedy, murderous women are not for readers interested in women and their roles in Irish history, but for those interested in gory, almost misogynistic stories about the most irredemable women Irish history has to offer.



2. Following the tradition of great Irish storytelling, Lenihan fills these pages with the sense and magic that creates the best of what adult Faerie tales have to offer. Highly recommended to anyone who gets a real kick out of chilling humor.

No comments about Stavisky: A Confidence Man in the Republic of Virtue.

No comments about The Songman: A Journey in Irish Music.

No comments about The Pirate Queen.

No comments about Arthur Symons: Selected Letters, 1880-1935.

No comments about Jane Austen Among Women.

2 comments about God Help the Irish!: The History of the Irish Brigade.

1. Mr. Tucker's book is a good overview for those who nothing about the Irish Brigade. Unfortunately the book focuses on the usual suspects, Nugent, Meagher, Kelly, and most of the field grade officers. I was surprised to see Captain Maurice Wall mentioned--however Mr. Tucker didn't provide us with the details of Captain Wall's escape with his buddy Lieutenant Charles Grainger. Mr. Tucker completely ignores Irish Nationalism in the equation--this seems to be a recent trend by American authors.



2. The famed prowess of the Irish Brigade at Antietam and Gettysburg is well known, but "God Help The Irish!: The History of the Irish Brigade " takes a look at their other exploits and their day to day lives and how they became one of the most elite combat units of the civil war. A fascinating and valuable perspective on America's nineteenth century inner conflict, "God Help The Irish!: The History of the Irish Brigade" is thoroughly recommended to civil war studies shelves and civil war enthusiasts everywhere.