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Wha was yizzers best reads ever ?
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Originally posted by boxman View PostMy favourite book was 'Strumpet City' by James Plunkett. As a kid I loved Treasure Island, Gulliver's Travels and Coral Island by RM Ballantyne.We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Originally posted by cosmo View Postread a good book a couple of years ago,just remembered, merryweather and clark, about discovering the 'west' in America, was also made into a tele doco/drama later. tough times then.We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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This is an online book by Philip Lecane about the Dubs at Gallipoli and is a great read for anyone interested in the campaign.
It was the First World War's largest seaborne invasion and the Irish were at the forefront. Recruited in Ireland, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers were ordered to spearhead the invasion of Gallipoli in Turkey. Deadlocked in trench warfare on the Western Front, the British High Command hoped the assault would Germany's ally out of the war. Using letters and photographs, this book tells the story of the 'Dubs' officers and men called from an idyllic posting in India to be billeted on the civilian population in England. They then set off on what was presented as a great adventure to win glory and capture Constantinople. The book also gives the story of the Turkish defenders and the locality being invaded. Accompanied by the Royal Munster Fusiliers, packed aboard the SS River Clyde, the 'Dubs' landed from ships boats on the fiercely defended beach at Sedd-el-Bahr. The song The Foggy Dew says, "It were better to die beneath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sedd-el-Bahr." This book tells the story of the forgotten Irishmen who died beneath a Turkish sky in what was Ireland's D-Day.Attached FilesI google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit
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Originally posted by bojangles View PostTrinity , by Leon Uris , sticks out in my mind as a great read , or so I thought , at the time but it must be 40 years since I read it .The mind is everything. What you think you become.
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Originally posted by dinny View PostI read all Leon Uri,s books in the day....and loved the likes of Exodus ,The Haj , Mila 18.......But never liked Trinity.....thought it was very John Wayne Quiet man type of book.......probably think differently if I read it now
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I read a book a few weeks ago , The Speckled People . Its a true story told by its author Hugo Hamilton ,about his family living in Dunlaoghaire in the 1950s . The mother comes across as a lovely German woman but the Father is a Fascist Gaeligore from West Cork who beats his kids if they speak a word of English . Its very well written , mostly from the child's perspective .
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Originally posted by bojangles View PostDidnt he write it with his wife ? if memory serves me , she probably done all the yucky parts .The mind is everything. What you think you become.
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