J. Aitken

Revealing scholarly account of fascinating subject, 22 May 2013

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Emperor Constantine is most famous for being the man who converted to Christianity and laid the foundations of the Christian church as we know it today. Well that sounds well and good, however the story is much more complex and David Potter has produced a book which, instead of relying on biased Christian historians, has relied on the legal scripts and rescripts of the time, which shine invaluable light on Constantine the man and Emperor. That he was Christian, there is no doubt, but it was his attitude of live and let live as long as the Empire remains stable which becomes the salient point in this well argued and researched account. Tantalisingly we know no more about the murder / suicide… Read more

Splendid anthology of Burns' poems and songs, 15 May 2013

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This is a first rate book which is packed with poems and songs, many of which will be well known to lovers of the great scottish poet's work, and if that were all, this alone would make it recommendable, but it is so much more than that. Robert Irvine includes many poems which were completely unknown to me and also includes many excerpts from letters as well as music for some of the songs.

As an anthology it is densely packed and fulsomely annotated. At 450 pages it contains a wealth of detail and can be wholeheartedly recommended.

Excellent security system, 15 May 2013

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This security system works extremely well and I am very impressed with it. The only slight drawback is, that as I keep my computer turned off at night, it takes a long time to wake up as it checks and updates first thing. Other than that it works very well indeed. recommended