No comments about Historical Dictionary of Georgia (Historical Dictionaries of Europe).

No comments about An Ilford Boyhood.

No comments about The Gladstone Diaries: With Cabinet Minutes and Prime-Ministerial Correspondence Volume XII: 1887-1891 (Gladstone Diaries).

No comments about Chairman or Chief?: The role of Taoiseach in Irish Government (Studies in Irish political culture).

No comments about Gladstone (Longman History in Depth).

No comments about Bernard Shaw: The Diaries, 1885-1897 (2 Volume Set).

5 comments about You Can Never Go Home Any More.

1. An inspiring read from start to finish. Fabulous



2. An outstanding read, kept my interest from word to word, paragraph to paragraph, page to page!!!! An honest account of a life many of us are lucky enough to never experience!
   A must read for 2006... would make a great movie!



3. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, the author really brought me into the experiences of both himself and each of the family he talked about. I found the book so so sad but told with great humour, frankness and the honesty in the book was both shocking and disturbing while refreshing and endearing. It is hilarious about the saddest things, real black humour very 'irish'! . Now I want Amanda's story! The author of this book tells it as real as it gets



4. An uninspiring account of victimhood. The author blames his mommy for a miserable and contemptible life which any sane person would be too shamed to reveal.



5. I found this book to be a great read, the language was a bit strong at times but it was in keeping with the story.You can only have admiration for the author I hope he has found true happiness

No comments about Oliver Cromwell (Heinemann Advanced History).

2 comments about Queen Victoria's Youngest Son.

1. A very good biography on Prince Leopold who's mostly known for his bleeding disease. Unlike other biographies the author doesn't waste time on who his parents are and their backgrounds instead she begins right off with his birth which I really liked. Sometimes it gets tedious going through all the background information before getting to the main subject. I also liked how it completely focused on Leopold when a big event happened like the death of his grandmother and father it focused on the events in relation to Leopold and not the other way around. It was very refreshing. I would like to thank the author very much for this. I also liked how the author never took away from Leopold's story. Many biographies when they bring up one of his siblings or parents will launch into a long discription about the sibling or parent, not this author but this author thankfully doesn't.
   You can't help feel sorry for Leopold after reading about all of his injuries. Leopold was always sick or injuried to the point he couldn't walk. He spent so much of his childhood in bed that had to be boring for a child. Especially a boy who just wants to be outside playing like any normal boy. You can't help but feel sorry for him when there's more and more things he's forbiddened to do out of fear he would get hurt. Perhaps Queen Victoria was over doing the restrictions but given how many illnesses and injuries the poor boy had and how close to death he was many times you can understand why. He struggles to try and live a normal life inspite of his disease which I found pretty admirable. This truly was a really good biography.



2. the author focus on leopold completely.his haemophilia that he didn't let control the life ,or let his mother making him a invald.queen victoria was determin e to keep leopold home with her and beatrice.but he fought to make a life for him self.by going to oxford creating a family of friends who respect his intelligents and independence. he live a life he wanted to live no matter how short it was.of all victoria and albert childern i find leopold and alice the most interesting.

No comments about Sir Robert Peel, 1788-1850: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of British Statesmen).