Charles Firth

Charles Firth invented five commentators, basing their opinions on top hits on Google, and set out as an experiment to see if they could make it in US public debate. One of them got a lazy, plagiarised, largely nonsensical article attacking Cindy Sheehan published, and others had moderate success in being taken seriously in Internet conversation. It's a disturbing and intelligent book, but undermined by the author's apparent commitment to his comedian identity. I'd like to see Firth come out a little from behind his relentlessly Chaserian persona.… (meer)

An exhaustive, regiment-by-regiment account of the regiments of horse and foot in England and Scotland, identifying every one of the New Model Regiments, a total of some 94 separate units, each with precise information about campaigns and battles, political background, and personnel, and including central documents and extensive commentary. Lengthy introduction discusses the plan of the book, the role of Cromwell, and the nature of the military revolution involved in the construction and management of these units. Complete index. Reprint edition. 2006: 832 pages. BRAND NEW Softcover. Set of 2 Volumes… (meer)