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Christy Campbell's Fenian Fire
- Victoria and the big-bang theory: The Observer, May 26, 2002 (review by Roy Hattersley)
- A baneful tale of intrigue, treachery and deceit: Irish Democrat, October 2, 2002(review by Ruairí Ó Domhnaill)
- Fenian Fire – The British Government Plot to Assassinate Queen Victoria by Christy Campbell: Sunday Business Post, June 16, 2002 (review by Frank Callanan)
- When the prime minister plotted to kill the queen: Sunday Telegraph, May 19, 2002 (review by Andrew Roberts)
- Britain framed Irish hero with 'jubilee plot' to murder Victoria: The Observer, May 12, 2002 (by Kamal Ahmed)
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Eric P. Kaufmann's The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History
- The past burns bright: Irish Independent, July 14, 2007 (review by Maurice Hayes)
- Orange Order must adhere to Christian ethos: (from the Irish Times, July 17, 2007 by Brian Kennaway)
- Unlocking the closed doors of the Orangeism: The News Letter, June 5, 2007 (review by Brian Kennaway)
- Orangeism's role in the new Ulster: The News Letter, May 28, 2007 (extract)
- Paisley in call for loyalists to unite: The News Letter, May 25, 2007 (extract)
- The Orange Order prepares for war: The News Letter, May 25, 2007 (extract)
- An Orange history from inside: The News Letter, May 21, 2007 (by Eric P. Kaufmann)
- Parades Commission divides the Order: The News Letter, May 23, 2007 (extract)
- The Orange Order in Bandit Country: The News Letter, May 22, 2007 (extract)
- Blair, the Order and Drumcree: The News Letter, May 22, 2007 (extract)
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Mervyn Jess's The Orange Order
- The past burns bright: Irish Independent, July 14, 2007 (review by Maurice Hayes)
- Orange Order must adhere to Christian ethos: (from the Irish Times, July 17, 2007 by Brian Kennaway)
- Orange Order Wants No Help: Irish Voice/IrishAbroad.com, July 13, 2007 (by Paddy Clancy)
- Drumcree 'dance' that spawned a monster: Belfast Telegraph, May 21, 2007 (extract)
- Sinn Féin, the Orange Order and the march of time: Belfast Telegraph, May 22, 2007 (extract)
- So, what really happens behind lodge doors ...: Belfast Telegraph, May 22, 2007 (extract)
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Richard English's Irish Freedom: A History of Nationalism in Ireland
- Irish Freedom: Irish Democrat, March 13, 2007 (review by David Granville)
- A History of Nationalism in Ireland: The Blanket (review by Liam O Ruairc)
- Book on nationalism wins Ewart-Biggs award: Irish Independent, February 22, 2007 (by John Spain)
- How the IRA doomed itself to bloody futility: The Observer, February 18, 2007 (review by Henry McDonald)
- A nation once again: but what does it mean?: Irish Independent, January 13, 2007 (review by John Bruton)
- Identity crisis: New Statesman, January 29, 2007 (review by Tom Paulin)
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Denis O'Hearn's Nothing but an Unfinished Song
- Nothing But An Unfinished Song: Irish Democrat, November 21, 2006 (review by Michael O'Sullivan)
- Human rights icon profiled: Charleston Post and Courier, April 9, 2006 (review by Jackie Tremblay)
- Bobby Sands an international icon: Irish Democrat, April 6, 2006
- Legacy of Cage Eleven: (from Irelandclick.com, March 6, 2006, extract)
- Bobby Sands Boyhood Rathcoole days recalled: (from Irelandclick.com, March 2, 2006, extract)
- Prisoners' resolve is strengthened in the face of increasing adversity: Daily Ireland, March 3, 2006 (extract)
- Pursuing and winning freedom through books at bedtime: Daily Ireland, March 2, 2006 (extract)
- 'There's only one solution
back on hunger strike': Daily Ireland, March 1, 2006 (extract)
- Becoming politically radical in Cages of Long Kesh: Daily Ireland, February 28, 2006 (extract)
- The IRA's Empty Victory: Washington Post, February 28, 2006 (review by Ed Moloney)
- Childhood before sectarian state got vicious: Daily Ireland, February 27, 2006 (extract)
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Fintan O'Toole's White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America
- White Savage William Johnson and the Invention of America: Irish America/IrishAbroad.com, December '05/January '06
- Frontier finesse: Houston Chronicle, November 18, 2005 (review by Steven E. Alford)
- Dancer with the Mohawks: Scotland on Sunday, August 21, 2005 (review by Alex Massie)
- 'White Savage' Going Native: New York Times, October 16, 2005 (review by Caleb Crain)
- A walk on the wild side: Daily Telegraph, August 28, 2005 (review by Joanna Kavenna)
- Going Native: Washington Post, February 7, 2006 (review by Matthew Price)
- Don Giovanni goes to the New World: Independent on Sunday, January 1, 2006 (review by Frank McLynn)
- History White Savage by Fintan O'Toole: The Sunday Times, August 28, 2005 (review by Stella Tillyard)
- In the valley of the Mohawk: The Guardian, August 27, 2005 (review by Michael Moorcock)
- White Savage William Johnson and the invention of America by Fintan O'Toole: The Independent, August 19, 2005 (review by Stephen Howe)
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Derek Lundy's A Bloody Red Hand
- Men That God Made Mad, by Derek Lundy: The Independent, February 9, 2007 (review by Christopher Hirst)
- Home rules: The Guardian, February 10, 2007 (review by Judith Rice)
- Uncovering the unionist bogeyman: Sunday Business Post, March 5, 2006 (review by Paul T Colgan)
- Loyalists and Lundy men: Irish Independent, March 4, 2006 (review by Maurice Hayes)
- Madmen, traitors, heroes and bigots: The Times, February 11, 2006 (review by John Burnside)
- A peephole on the Irish conflict: Sunday Telegraph, February 12, 2006 (review by Jenny McCartney)
- Writing home: (from the Irish News, February 18, 2006, review by AP Maginness)
- 'The sore that will not heal': Toronto Globe and Mail, February 18, 2006 (review by Mark Anthony Jarman)
- Who betrayed the Lundys?: The Guardian, February 11, 2006 (review by Roy Foster)
- Men That God Made Mad by Derek Lundy: Independent on Sunday, February 12, 2006 (review by Cal McCrystal)
- The Bloody Red Hand: Toronto Globe and Mail, February 18, 2006
(Note: known as Men That God Made Mad in Europe)
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Peter Hart's Mick: The Real Michael Collins
- Mick The Real Michael Collins: Foreign Affairs, May/June 2006 (review by Stanley Hoffmann)
- The real Michael Collins: Newfoundland & Labrador Independent, February 26, 2006 (by Stephanie Porter)
- A controversial new biography of Michael Collins: Literary Review (review by Mary Kenny)
- A parade of glory and grievance: Daily Telegraph, November 20, 2005 (review by Leo Mckinstry)
- Who was the real Michael Collins: The New Republic, March 13, 2006 (review by Fintan O'Toole)
- The Real Michael Collins: Waterford Today
- Irish independence warrior Collins loses some lustre in new biography: Winnipeg Free Press, February 19, 2006 (review by Tom Oleson)
- 'The Big Fella' go bragh!: Toronto Globe and Mail, February 18, 2006 (review by Joe Brady)
- The Big Fellow: New York Times, March 5, 2006 (review by Denis Donoghue)
- Born of chaos: Boston Globe, February 26, 2006 (review by Anna Mundow)
- Collins as accidental hero: (from the Irish News, October 22, 2005, review by AP Maginness)
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