R.F. Foster, Fintan Cullen:Conquering England: Ireland in Victorian London
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Simon & Schuster UK. Hardcover. Used; Good. **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. 05/03/2018, Simon & Schuster UK, 2.5, Penguin Books, Great Britain, 1985. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Cover design by William Hogarth. Tanning to pages. 412 pages. Tanning to pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature; Literature & Literary; Plays. ISBN: 0140431586. ISBN/EAN: 9780140431582. Inventory No: 250485.. 9780140431582, Penguin Books, 1985, 2.5, Quercus. Paperback. Used; Good. **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. 04/28/2011, Quercus, 2.5, 1991. Video: VHS One VHS Tape in Like New condition (it has been played), housed in a heavy hard plastic case, which is also in excellent condition, showing no discernible flaws. Contains a 17-page pamphlet of information concerning the production and also providing a synopsis of the action in English and French. Actors: Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Paata Burchuladze, and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra. The Opera was first performed in 1989. Directed by Brian Large. Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Produced by Peter Gelb. Format: Classical, Color, NTSC. Format: VHS Tape. Studio: Deutsche Grammophon. Run Time: 158 minutes. Video: VHS. This 1989 Metropolitan production conducted by James Levine is visually stunning with its massive sets by Gianni Quaranta, in a palette of cream, gold and brown. Domingo's Rhadames is robust and masculine, and his performance is well acted and heartfelt, and Aprile Millo, beautiful in ebon makeup and with her marvelous profile, looks every inch the Ethiopian princess taken slave; her sound is rich, full of emotion, and with wonderful pianissimos. For me, her "O patria mia" is the highlight of this opera, and she shines in every scene she is in. I have a special fondness for Act One, Scene two, the "Temple of Vulcan", with "Nume, custode e vindice" one of the loveliest of the opera's melodies. Here it gets a stately treatment, and though it does not come close to the musical power of the Domingo/Ghiaurov/Muti CD, it is still good listening. Act Two, Scene Two, the Victory March, has some well behaved horses, a simple but pleasant ballet choreographed by Rodney Griffin with attractive dancers, and the entrance of the great Sherrill Milnes. Though well past his prime vocally, he looks fabulous, and is believable as the conquered King Amonasro. The cast is rounded out by Dolora Zajick as Amneris, Dimitri Kavrakos as the Egyptian King, and Paata Burchuladze as Ramfis. Though the stage direction is on occasion a little static, and the singing not always quite up to par, this is one of Verdi's grandest operas, and makes for very enjoyable viewing, and every minute spent with Aprile, is time well spent. The subtitles are legible and helpful , 1991., 0, Pan Books Ltd, 1994. Very Good. A major South American novelist's debut in English, this novel is a stupend ous work, literature of a high order. Even Pinon's penchant for incomplete sentences, irritating at first, comes to seem right (are there subjects and predicates in dreams?). It's a four-generational family drama quite unlike the loping family sagas we are so accustomed to. The central figures, who give structure to this vast familial, sociological, psychological and polit ical panorama, are Madruga, iron-willed, complex patriarch of the clan, who immigrated in his youth to Brazil from Spain, and his elderly wife Eulalia , dying as the story starts. The republic of dreams is Brazil--mysterious, cruel, sensual, not yet conquered imaginatively by its people, themselves a n explosive mix of Americans, Europeans and Africans. The republic is also the human mind, wherein realities are shaped by dreams that stretch forward and backward. The story is of Brazil and Spain, winners and losers, the en dless clashes of will between the soul-devouring Madruga and his extended f amily, and the shock of tragedy, the whole haunted by the insight that word s never precisely correspond to feelings. Every page holds memorable observ ations. One example: "Her ambition, smoldering in damp, half-closed eyes, c orrupted everyone." The Amazonian plenitude of Pinon's imagination puts her in the category of genius., Pan Books Ltd, 1994, 3, Penguin Books Ltd, 06/25/1981. Paperback. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books., Penguin Books Ltd, 06/25/1981, 2.5, Random House Inc. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains., Random House Inc, 2.5, Penguin Books Ltd. Paperback. Used; Good. **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. 06/25/1981, Penguin Books Ltd, 2.5, Quercus, 04/28/2011. Paperback. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books., Quercus, 04/28/2011, 2.5, National Portrait Gallery Public, 03/09/2005. Paperback. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books., National Portrait Gallery Public, 03/09/2005, 2.5<
