"Irish Roots has some of the best books concerning Irish History and Irish Families.
The leading author in his field, Michael O'Laughlin's credits include two monthly international newsletters, and the authoring of 30 books (10 hardback titles in print). He also edits and publishes some of the rarest works of Irish history, such as Keatings History of Ireland and King James' Irish Army List
In 1978, seven days after he discovered his ancestor hailed from County Clare, O'Laughlin arrived at a B&B in Ireland in search of his family castle. The only mishap was having a flat tire in the little town of Kilfenora. Fate later proved he was a proud descendant of the O'Laughlins of Kilfenora, Co. Clare, and the O'Donoghues of the Glen in Co. Kerry. His life dramatically changed as a result. Old business was left behind as he started anew.
His passion for Irish history and culture led to the founding of a group of devoted Irish men and women reclaiming their roots. They are joined together in his monthly Journal of Irish Families and in his newsletter on the Internet. Someone new joins the group daily, via the mails or home computer.
Now he is publishing the largest collection of Irish family history ever, a 32 volume set. Each volume includes old maps and the history of the families in that county. No history- no set of books - match the family information contained in this historic set. No less than 15 individual county guides, and 8 individual hardbound books in his 'Irish Families' series are successfully in print today
O'Laughlin publishes his free email newsletter on the Internet and maintains a home page on the web with some 100,000 Irish surnames and sources." From The Irish Roots Website On a personal note Mike is ectremely nice to deal with and informative! - Tim
Foley : The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews by Michael Smith, Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. 358 p. ISBN 0 340 71850 1
From the book jacket:
Frank Foley helped thousands of Jews to escape from Germany. At the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann he was described as a 'Scarlet Pimpernel', risking his own life to save Jews threatened with death by the Nazis. But he remains virtually unknown, largely because his job as a Passport Control Officer in Berlin was a cover from his real role as MI6 head of station in the German capital.
