A Valley of Kings: The Boyne: Five Thousand Years of History

Rating:
Summary: Fascinating correspondances between Ancient Egypt & Ireland!
Review: Don't try to read all of the book in one day-it will not reveal a message as willingly as if one ponders momentarily, here awhile, and there; catching on to the magnificent conclusion which is entwined therein. If you don't get the drift, put it down for a week,, come back with renewed insight! I found one or two noticeable weak spots, but they are only the author drawing back from delivering the main "whammie!" I was just about to finish one of several books on North American Indian Mounds and then the realization really hit home! I guess if you are schooled to look for Ogham writing and pre-Columbian artifact you are primed for the book-but it is more. More than you might suppose-if as I have said, you don't read through on a slower paced schdeule-the gems I am telling you to look for-might be less apparent. Really! A title to bring to a reading.

Rating:
Summary: Fascinating correspondances between Ancient Egypt & Ireland!
Review: Don't try to read all of the book in one day-it will not reveal a message as willingly as if one ponders momentarily, here awhile, and there; catching on to the magnificent conclusion which is entwined therein. If you don't get the drift, put it down for a week,, come back with renewed insight! I found one or two noticeable weak spots, but they are only the author drawing back from delivering the main "whammie!" I was just about to finish one of several books on North American Indian Mounds and then the realization really hit home! I guess if you are schooled to look for Ogham writing and pre-Columbian artifact you are primed for the book-but it is more. More than you might suppose-if as I have said, you don't read through on a slower paced schdeule-the gems I am telling you to look for-might be less apparent. Really! A title to bring to a reading.

Rating:
Summary: Less than touted, more than desired.
Review: Written in typical British school-book format ... dry sentence structure far from "lively" as described in the sales review. The booklet provides considerable historical detail on the Boyne River Valley, but also is laced with many of the author's assumptions ... "no doubt" being a favorite comment. Except for the cover photograph, the booklet lacks good photographic documentation of the main passage graves and instead contains some line-drawings representing past events of the area. If you are wanting a history book, buy this. If you want to dig deeper into the passage graves themselves (pun intended), look elsewhere.

Rating:
Summary: Less than touted, more than desired.
Review: Written in typical British school-book format ... dry sentence structure far from "lively" as described in the sales review. The booklet provides considerable historical detail on the Boyne River Valley, but also is laced with many of the author's assumptions ... "no doubt" being a favorite comment. Except for the cover photograph, the booklet lacks good photographic documentation of the main passage graves and instead contains some line-drawings representing past events of the area. If you are wanting a history book, buy this. If you want to dig deeper into the passage graves themselves (pun intended), look elsewhere.