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The sense of justice for the poor

Revisado: 12-14-23

Very good story, a good Christmas theme and good moral themes with each character having to choose between what is expedient and what is right

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Interesting mystery

Revisado: 12-12-23

Small point, narrator should not have attempted an English accent. However, it was fun to listen to. Even though it is very obvious who the perpetrator is throughput the book, the descriptions of New York and the multifaceted characters are very worth the few hours of listening time.

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Factual Gymnastics

Revisado: 10-03-23

I’m very well versed in the history of the 30 year armed conflict in Northern Ireland. I have knowledge of all the events described by the author, however I also know that the author twisted facts by making implications that logically can not be made. If you pint to blue with one hand and red with the other, you have not made the color purple. Likewise you can’t assume that Karl Marx approved actions that took place so many years after his death. Yet the author does exactly that, implies that Karl Marx was personally there reading over the shoulder of Sinn Fein members. The author fails to inform the reader that all sides, including the British Military, committed horrendous and inhumane acts. No side, including the British Military was consistently law abiding and professional in its actions. This author would have you believe that only the Republican forces were to blame for the horrible violence that took place. That is a very dishonest account.

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Inaccuracies from the Intro on.

Revisado: 07-02-23

Just listening to the introduction it sounds like the author knows nothing about Irish history and will believe anything he has heard and write about it. Trying to figure out how to return it.

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Accurate and heartbreaking

Revisado: 07-02-23

Excellent, the narrators are often the people involved. A truly personal but broad history of an event lied about for decades to cover the guilt of the soldiers and their commanders.

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Anachronisms were a distraction

Revisado: 01-02-23

I am very well educated about the Troubles, so there are lots of times I am unhappy that she tried to use the present instead of during the 90’s when many of the events she brings up actually occurred. It’s certainly entertaining but I had a lot of trouble trying to see this as a story of probability in the current time though she certainly did well portraying actual events though disguised as fictional events in the story. It did interfere with my enjoyment though when she tried to talk about the past as though it was present.

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Excellent historical analysis

Revisado: 03-10-15

A subject that is hard to find in a strictly historical framework. Very informative. Recommend for Christians and religious scholars.

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Anti Heroes of the IRA.

Revisado: 11-26-12

The legacy of the 30 years of Troubles is the soulless men who ended up surviving.

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