Love it, but Buy together's a con, 12 Apr 2008
These tales of woe are quite brilliant. I'd heard one read on the radio and had to get the book. HOWEVER, you may notice Amazon offers you a buy together deal with a smarter, hardback book. Their content is the same - pick one!!!

The Inspiration for Barrett, 02 Jul 2006
Syd Barrett was inspired by this, and so am I. The force of the lyrics is astounding, and for parents it's an ideal source of moral values to teach the children. Syd Barrett's lyrics of genius were stripped and warped from this book of verse, and the book is not known well enough considering it's importance to the Psychedelic scene. Buy it!

Love it, but Buy together's a con, 12 Apr 2008
These tales of woe are quite brilliant. I'd heard one read on the radio and had to get the book. HOWEVER, you may notice Amazon offers you a buy together deal with a smarter, hardback book. Their content is the same - pick one!!!

The Inspiration for Barrett, 02 Jul 2006
Syd Barrett was inspired by this, and so am I. The force of the lyrics is astounding, and for parents it's an ideal source of moral values to teach the children. Syd Barrett's lyrics of genius were stripped and warped from this book of verse, and the book is not known well enough considering it's importance to the Psychedelic scene. Buy it!

Gorey's drawings are wonderful as ever, 15 Apr 2006
Quite sick and funny, not as good as The Gashleycrumb Tinies but then what is! Worth adding to your collection tho.

Love it, but Buy together's a con, 12 Apr 2008
These tales of woe are quite brilliant. I'd heard one read on the radio and had to get the book. HOWEVER, you may notice Amazon offers you a buy together deal with a smarter, hardback book. Their content is the same - pick one!!!

The Inspiration for Barrett, 02 Jul 2006
Syd Barrett was inspired by this, and so am I. The force of the lyrics is astounding, and for parents it's an ideal source of moral values to teach the children. Syd Barrett's lyrics of genius were stripped and warped from this book of verse, and the book is not known well enough considering it's importance to the Psychedelic scene. Buy it!

Gorey's drawings are wonderful as ever, 15 Apr 2006
Quite sick and funny, not as good as The Gashleycrumb Tinies but then what is! Worth adding to your collection tho.

Gorey's drawings are wonderful as ever, 15 Apr 2006
Quite sick and funny, not as good as The Gashleycrumb Tinies but then what is! Worth adding to your collection tho.

Love it, but Buy together's a con, 12 Apr 2008
These tales of woe are quite brilliant. I'd heard one read on the radio and had to get the book. HOWEVER, you may notice Amazon offers you a buy together deal with a smarter, hardback book. Their content is the same - pick one!!!

The Inspiration for Barrett, 02 Jul 2006
Syd Barrett was inspired by this, and so am I. The force of the lyrics is astounding, and for parents it's an ideal source of moral values to teach the children. Syd Barrett's lyrics of genius were stripped and warped from this book of verse, and the book is not known well enough considering it's importance to the Psychedelic scene. Buy it!

Gorey's drawings are wonderful as ever, 15 Apr 2006
Quite sick and funny, not as good as The Gashleycrumb Tinies but then what is! Worth adding to your collection tho.

Gorey's drawings are wonderful as ever, 15 Apr 2006
Quite sick and funny, not as good as The Gashleycrumb Tinies but then what is! Worth adding to your collection tho.

The Roman Empire, Europe and Christianity, 10 Aug 2001
This book is a quite old Belloc classic but nethertheless it invites new generations of readers on a historical journey full of surprises and old truths. The work is pivotal among his historical research on the ancient roots of our Christian and European civilisation as well as the causes and consequences of the Protestant revolutionary movement, known as the Reformation.

The main thesis is that in contrary to mainstream Protestant and anticlerical historians in the beginning of 20th century when Christianity was acknowledged as a factor deteriorating the glorious Roman Empire, the contrary must be said. The Christianity had the central role in transferring the high moral and cultural values of the Old, already very decaying Empire into the future. The new religion of the gospel refused all that was the decadent and fruitless in Roman culture but it rescued much of it's precious knowledge, positive elements, vitality and potentiality for future expansion, elements which would perish due to the fall of the empire. According to Belloc the main fault of modern historians not recognising this, is their lack of understanding for Christianity as well as an anti-Catholic bias among many of them. Belloc points out an oversimplification done by the scholars on the importance of the barbarian tribes affecting the Empire and their impact on the culture of it.

The next important conclusion Belloc draws from his genial analysis is that the barbarian hordes, which were believed to affect so much the dissolution of the Roman Empire where de facto "romanised" and dominated completely themselves by the Roman culture. The cause of the fall of the Empire is not to be sought in the first hand in the infiltration of these barbarians, mostly German and Slavic tribes. These tribes sought for and were admitted, dominated and adapted quickly by the Roman civilisation. They were little bit alike, in economical terms, today's refuges from the third world longing for the riches and privileges of the Western World. The causes of the fall of Rome laid deeper and showed out as the weakening of the central government, the power and initiative of the Emperor's. The puny barbarians was just an episode but no main factor and cause in the Roman decay. They neither rescued nor conveyed the rich culture of Rome in their capacity of themselves being barbarians. The work of Christianity on the roman culture created our civilisation and gave potential to all the fruitful future civilisatory enterprises of the Europe and the West.

Belloc describes further the importance of the middle ages as well as factors and causes for the protestant reformation. In this part of the book Belloc polemizes with the protestant scholars and gives credible proof for the fact that the so called protestant movement was in fact a kind of relapse into what Belloc defines German barbarism. Belloc seeks the causes of the Reformation in the inherent civilisatory weakness in the Northern German lands. This weakness was, according to Belloc, caused by the fact that the roots of the Roman-Christian culture and civilisation did not penetrate the mind and conscience of inhabitants in this area. His arguments seem to have some weakness and even a kind of anti German propaganda but there may be some truth in Belloc's conclusion.

A book worth while. Highly recommended. On the minus side is the small size and due to it a briefness in presentation of facts and arguments as well as Belloc's clear but little bit boring language. Nevertheless these obstacles are small compared to the interesting facts and revelations.

Love it, but Buy together's a con, 12 Apr 2008
These tales of woe are quite brilliant. I'd heard one read on the radio and had to get the book. HOWEVER, you may notice Amazon offers you a buy together deal with a smarter, hardback book. Their content is the same - pick one!!!

The Inspiration for Barrett, 02 Jul 2006
Syd Barrett was inspired by this, and so am I. The force of the lyrics is astounding, and for parents it's an ideal source of moral values to teach the children. Syd Barrett's lyrics of genius were stripped and warped from this book of verse, and the book is not known well enough considering it's importance to the Psychedelic scene. Buy it!

Gorey's drawings are wonderful as ever, 15 Apr 2006
Quite sick and funny, not as good as The Gashleycrumb Tinies but then what is! Worth adding to your collection tho.

Gorey's drawings are wonderful as ever, 15 Apr 2006
Quite sick and funny, not as good as The Gashleycrumb Tinies but then what is! Worth adding to your collection tho.

The Roman Empire, Europe and Christianity, 10 Aug 2001
This book is a quite old Belloc classic but nethertheless it invites new generations of readers on a historical journey full of surprises and old truths. The work is pivotal among his historical research on the ancient roots of our Christian and European civilisation as well as the causes and consequences of the Protestant revolutionary movement, known as the Reformation.

The main thesis is that in contrary to mainstream Protestant and anticlerical historians in the beginning of 20th century when Christianity was acknowledged as a factor deteriorating the glorious Roman Empire, the contrary must be said. The Christianity had the central role in transferring the high moral and cultural values of the Old, already very decaying Empire into the future. The new religion of the gospel refused all that was the decadent and fruitless in Roman culture but it rescued much of it's precious knowledge, positive elements, vitality and potentiality for future expansion, elements which would perish due to the fall of the empire. According to Belloc the main fault of modern historians not recognising this, is their lack of understanding for Christianity as well as an anti-Catholic bias among many of them. Belloc points out an oversimplification done by the scholars on the importance of the barbarian tribes affecting the Empire and their impact on the culture of it.

The next important conclusion Belloc draws from his genial analysis is that the barbarian hordes, which were believed to affect so much the dissolution of the Roman Empire where de facto "romanised" and dominated completely themselves by the Roman culture. The cause of the fall of the Empire is not to be sought in the first hand in the infiltration of these barbarians, mostly German and Slavic tribes. These tribes sought for and were admitted, dominated and adapted quickly by the Roman civilisation. They were little bit alike, in economical terms, today's refuges from the third world longing for the riches and privileges of the Western World. The causes of the fall of Rome laid deeper and showed out as the weakening of the central government, the power and initiative of the Emperor's. The puny barbarians was just an episode but no main factor and cause in the Roman decay. They neither rescued nor conveyed the rich culture of Rome in their capacity of themselves being barbarians. The work of Christianity on the roman culture created our civilisation and gave potential to all the fruitful future civilisatory enterprises of the Europe and the West.

Belloc describes further the importance of the middle ages as well as factors and causes for the protestant reformation. In this part of the book Belloc polemizes with the protestant scholars and gives credible proof for the fact that the so called protestant movement was in fact a kind of relapse into what Belloc defines German barbarism. Belloc seeks the causes of the Reformation in the inherent civilisatory weakness in the Northern German lands. This weakness was, according to Belloc, caused by the fact that the roots of the Roman-Christian culture and civilisation did not penetrate the mind and conscience of inhabitants in this area. His arguments seem to have some weakness and even a kind of anti German propaganda but there may be some truth in Belloc's conclusion.

A book worth while. Highly recommended. On the minus side is the small size and due to it a briefness in presentation of facts and arguments as well as Belloc's clear but little bit boring language. Nevertheless these obstacles are small compared to the interesting facts and revelations.

If only there were more stars to give!, 27 Jan 1999
This is the greatest book ever written. It is a masterpiece which should be read and enjoyed by every one. I only hope that you read this romantic tale as it will only better you at the least in through the enlightenment it so effectively inspires.

C'est un bon livre de poche, 21 Nov 1998
C'est bien comme livre mais je cherche plutot de l'information sur Joseph Bedier!!!

Love is the biggest feelin' that u can share with somebody., 03 Nov 1998
I liked this book because it spoke about a love story. The two lovers cannot love each other easily, there were so many ostacles, first of them Iseult's husband. True Love isn't impossible to find, and through the pages of this book u can think about the way u can find it....

Excellent romance novel of medieval France, 15 Oct 1998
Although this novel is light in nature for the most part, there are times when the forever human struggle of Love will move the reader deeper and deeper into the story. The reader should find themselves rooting for the doomed loves, Tristan and Isluet, throughout the adventure. At times there are tremoundous action scenes, with a well written interactions between the two lovers at the heart of the story. If you love someone deeply, you should enjoy this boook.

Love it, but Buy together's a con, 12 Apr 2008
These tales of woe are quite brilliant. I'd heard one read on the radio and had to get the book. HOWEVER, you may notice Amazon offers you a buy together deal with a smarter, hardback book. Their content is the same - pick one!!!

The Inspiration for Barrett, 02 Jul 2006
Syd Barrett was inspired by this, and so am I. The force of the lyrics is astounding, and for parents it's an ideal source of moral values to teach the children. Syd Barrett's lyrics of genius were stripped and warped from this book of verse, and the book is not known well enough considering it's importance to the Psychedelic scene. Buy it!

Gorey's drawings are wonderful as ever, 15 Apr 2006
Quite sick and funny, not as good as The Gashleycrumb Tinies but then what is! Worth adding to your collection tho.

Gorey's drawings are wonderful as ever, 15 Apr 2006
Quite sick and funny, not as good as The Gashleycrumb Tinies but then what is! Worth adding to your collection tho.

The Roman Empire, Europe and Christianity, 10 Aug 2001
This book is a quite old Belloc classic but nethertheless it invites new generations of readers on a historical journey full of surprises and old truths. The work is pivotal among his historical research on the ancient roots of our Christian and European civilisation as well as the causes and consequences of the Protestant revolutionary movement, known as the Reformation.

The main thesis is that in contrary to mainstream Protestant and anticlerical historians in the beginning of 20th century when Christianity was acknowledged as a factor deteriorating the glorious Roman Empire, the contrary must be said. The Christianity had the central role in transferring the high moral and cultural values of the Old, already very decaying Empire into the future. The new religion of the gospel refused all that was the decadent and fruitless in Roman culture but it rescued much of it's precious knowledge, positive elements, vitality and potentiality for future expansion, elements which would perish due to the fall of the empire. According to Belloc the main fault of modern historians not recognising this, is their lack of understanding for Christianity as well as an anti-Catholic bias among many of them. Belloc points out an oversimplification done by the scholars on the importance of the barbarian tribes affecting the Empire and their impact on the culture of it.

The next important conclusion Belloc draws from his genial analysis is that the barbarian hordes, which were believed to affect so much the dissolution of the Roman Empire where de facto "romanised" and dominated completely themselves by the Roman culture. The cause of the fall of the Empire is not to be sought in the first hand in the infiltration of these barbarians, mostly German and Slavic tribes. These tribes sought for and were admitted, dominated and adapted quickly by the Roman civilisation. They were little bit alike, in economical terms, today's refuges from the third world longing for the riches and privileges of the Western World. The causes of the fall of Rome laid deeper and showed out as the weakening of the central government, the power and initiative of the Emperor's. The puny barbarians was just an episode but no main factor and cause in the Roman decay. They neither rescued nor conveyed the rich culture of Rome in their capacity of themselves being barbarians. The work of Christianity on the roman culture created our civilisation and gave potential to all the fruitful future civilisatory enterprises of the Europe and the West.

Belloc describes further the importance of the middle ages as well as factors and causes for the protestant reformation. In this part of the book Belloc polemizes with the protestant scholars and gives credible proof for the fact that the so called protestant movement was in fact a kind of relapse into what Belloc defines German barbarism. Belloc seeks the causes of the Reformation in the inherent civilisatory weakness in the Northern German lands. This weakness was, according to Belloc, caused by the fact that the roots of the Roman-Christian culture and civilisation did not penetrate the mind and conscience of inhabitants in this area. His arguments seem to have some weakness and even a kind of anti German propaganda but there may be some truth in Belloc's conclusion.

A book worth while. Highly recommended. On the minus side is the small size and due to it a briefness in presentation of facts and arguments as well as Belloc's clear but little bit boring language. Nevertheless these obstacles are small compared to the interesting facts and revelations.

If only there were more stars to give!, 27 Jan 1999
This is the greatest book ever written. It is a masterpiece which should be read and enjoyed by every one. I only hope that you read this romantic tale as it will only better you at the least in through the enlightenment it so effectively inspires.

C'est un bon livre de poche, 21 Nov 1998
C'est bien comme livre mais je cherche plutot de l'information sur Joseph Bedier!!!

Love is the biggest feelin' that u can share with somebody., 03 Nov 1998
I liked this book because it spoke about a love story. The two lovers cannot love each other easily, there were so many ostacles, first of them Iseult's husband. True Love isn't impossible to find, and through the pages of this book u can think about the way u can find it....

Excellent romance novel of medieval France, 15 Oct 1998
Although this novel is light in nature for the most part, there are times when the forever human struggle of Love will move the reader deeper and deeper into the story. The reader should find themselves rooting for the doomed loves, Tristan and Isluet, throughout the adventure. At times there are tremoundous action scenes, with a well written interactions between the two lovers at the heart of the story. If you love someone deeply, you should enjoy this boook.

An amusing and cynical look at capitalism in every culture, 30 Jan 2005
I found a battered forty odd year old copy of this book at my father-in-laws and was intrigued by the title. Instead of being look at the religion of Islam it is a tale of entrepreneurial endeavour and ripping people off, and could just as easily been set in France or England, Hillaire himself must have been a business man to see all the ways to make money unfairly.
It will not cause huge belly laughs but I smiled all the way through it. I looked for a copy in many shops before I bought a copy on Amazon for my Dad. I don't think he has looked past the title, which is a shame because I think he would enjoy it.

A clever, biting satire of capitalism set in old Arabia, 23 Jul 1999
Belloc sardonically recounts the exploits of one Mahmoud, a sharp Baghdad merchant turned money lender who has grasped and clawed his way to the top. Ostensibly a critique of Islamic culture set many centuries ago, the book is really an attack on the unbridled greed of the modern West. As a work of socio-economic satire it forms a nice complement to Belloc's Distributist writings like The Servile State. A. N. Wilson calls it "the most brilliant of his fantasies."