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...every chapter Doyle mixes high, historical romance with low, earthy humor. At times Henry is a bit too much the Irish Everyman, modeling so many Celtic vices and virtues that he seems legendary instead of human. What saves Henry from becoming a mere myth, though, is Doyle's attention to detail, his warty realism. For all the great events he plays a part in--the battles, elections, conspiracies and crackdowns--Henry never dissolves into the scenery but stands out against it in painful, proud relief...
Bradley, conservatively listed as 6'5", also found himself in the unusual situation of not being the tallest person in the ballroom. Former Celtic star and fellow Basketball Hall of Famer John Havlicek, taller than Bradley by a hair, turned out to lend his support to the former New York Knick...
Bradley, conservatively listed as 6'5", also found himself in the unusual situation of not being the tallest person in the ballroom. Former Celtic star and fellow Basketball Hall of Famer John Havlicek, taller than Bradley by a hair, turned out to lend his support to the former New York Knick...
Still, her relentlessly bubbly persona may not have the same effect on American record buyers. Wholesome is hot these days--look at Ricky Martin or Britney Spears--but Voice of an Angel may prove a harder sell, consisting as it does of wishy-washy arrangements of hymns and Celtic folk songs, with Andrew Lloyd Webber's easy-listening setting of Pie Jesu thrown in for bad measure. Sony Classical, which is devoting a steadily increasing share of its energies to such lowbrow crossover projects as Michael Bolton's My Secret Passion: The Arias and the Titanic sound track, is promoting...
Explores the heritage of the world's Celtic cultures...