Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

 

Say Nothing 

by

Patrick Radden Keefe

 When I was a teenager Northern Ireland was on the television news in the background of my life.  I was mostly unaware of the details.  Now, as my son, daughter in law and I plan a trip to Northern Ireland and Scotland in 2022, I am brushing up on the areas and the history related to them. The book "Say Nothing" is about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and some of the main players in that place and time.  Names, dates and places hit memory spots in my mind of things I heard back then but didn't really follow closely.  It is a book that is written in a way that reads like a novel but is a non fiction work.  I highly recommend it to everyone that will listen and have emailed friends and family about it as I listened to it on audio.  It immediately caught my full attention and sucked me into the details.  Click on the book title and author's name above to follow the links to more information and enjoy the video that follows which is an interview with the author, Patrick Radden Keefe.  I will read more of his books in the future. 

Clanlands by Sam Heughan and Grahm McTavish

 

Clanlands

by

Sam Heughan

and

Grahm McTavish

The audio book Clanlands is read by its authors and is an enjoyable over view of the Starz television series that was launched on Valentines Day.  I am particularly interested in the book and the series because my son and daughter in law have made plans to take me to Northern Ireland and Scotland.  It was to be March 2021 but COVID stopped the trip so I have time to study up on the area as the trip has now been rescheduled for March of 2022.  I am a big "Outlander" fan and we plan to see many of the filming sites of "Outlander".  We also want to see other historical sites and the Northern Ireland sites where some scenes of "Game Of Thrones" was filmed.  Clanlands is a very light hearted book that weaves some great historical information throughout it in an enjoyable way.  I recommend it to those who are not serious history students but want an over view of Scotland and its back ground presented in way that isn't heavy.  It whetted my appetite for more information.  In searching online I found a class that interested me and I seem to have accidentally signed up for it.  It is free but not at a real great time for me to fit in.  I hope I can spend enough time at it to get some good information from the material.  The link to that free online class about Scotland can be found HERE.  Please click on the book title and author's names above for links to more information and enjoy the video that follows.  And I hope you read or listen to the book and catch the series on Starz.