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- Publisher: Harpercollins (1999)
- ASIN: B000S71FL8
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,751,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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28 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
From the point of view of the average Orangeman this is an excellent piece of work in that it articulates the sense of frustration and disbelief he feels concerning the demonisation of an organistation that really does believe it stands for Civil and Religious liberty. There are those who will brand Dudley Edwards an apologist and she has clearly fallen under the spell of many Orange families. I clearly recognise families like my own. What I feel she fails to do is to confront forcefully enough, the unease many Orangemen feel with elements within their own 'broad church'. To wit, the ABOD, the Blood and Thunder movement and the yobbish element in Belfast. From a personal point of view I also believe that the links with the Scottish Orange family are not as well developed as they could be(both the positive and negative aspects) Full marks, however, to Harper Collins for taking this project on board. I hope they continue to publish authors who confront the accepted orthodoxy of Irish Pan nationalist historiography and political writing. (2, 1/2)
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Though I have lived in Northern Ireland for many years and know a number of Orangemen, some of whom I would count as very good friends, there were still lots of things that I learned as a result of reading this book. It is a sympathetic insight from an outsider looking in who is surprised and delighted to discover that Orangemen are real people and nothing like the demonised badboys of extremist Irish Republican mythology. She does point out that on occasion Orangemen have not been well served by their leaders or their hostility to the media. At times she voices her frustration at the ability of members of the Order to literally walk into traps laid for them by those who do not wish them well. But this is clearly a story that needed to be told and it is told in a spirit of kindness and generosity. It will enable anyone wanting to know more about the inner dynamics of this aspect of Northern Ireland's "Protestant culture" to be well informed as well as entertained.
16 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A must for any serious scholar of the troubles and the Orange Order. This book goes beyond the headlines and into the ordinary lives of the Orange family. A fair and balanced factual view, the best yet written about this much misunderstood group of people.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
An Intertesting Read
I've not yet finished the book but what I have read so far has been an interesting Even handed and open account of the Loyal Orange Order and it's members. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Herneoakshield
Fascinating
Having bought the book recently I have to say that once I started reading it, I couldn't leave it down. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2010 by Gary Middleton
Abysmal
This is about the worst book I have ever read in the general Northern Ireland bibliography. In its whitewashing of the dark side of Orangeism it plunges new depths of propagandist... Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2007 by A reader
Missed chance
A very interesting subject treated in a much too biased way and totally lacking an in-depth analysis of the phenomenon. Could do much more in more than 600 pages of writing...
Published on 13 Feb 2004
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