Her ultimate point is that ‘truth’ is situated in and shaped by frames of experience and modes of reference. In particular she addresses how certain concepts within scientific discourse act not just ‘as passive pieces of apparatus like thermostats’, but exert an influence on the materials they examine. IN The Myths We Live By, Mary Midgley addresses the tendency to divide science from myth (and fact from story) by showing that science is not a disinterested enterprise, but an ‘ever-changing imaginative structure of ideas by which scientists continue to connect, understand and interpret’.
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Mary I, the disgraced daughter of Catherine of Aragon, tried and failed to reestablish the Catholic Church and produce an heir. The boy king Edward VI, a fervent believer in reforming the English church, died before bringing to fruition his dream of a second English Reformation. In the process he plunged his kingdom into generations of division and disorder, creating a legacy of blood and betrayal that would blight the lives of his children and the destiny of his country. Half a century later his son, Henry VIII, desperate to rid himself of his first wife in order to marry a second, launched a reign of terror aimed at taking powers no previous monarch had even dreamed of possessing. Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor.”-Associated Press In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France at the head of a ragtag little army and took the crown from the family that had ruled England for almost four hundred years. “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative. The book moves chronologically through O’Flaherty’s life, focusing most closely on the war years. With true Irish storytelling flair, Gallagher makes Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican read like a novel. This, plus much research and many other interviews with people who knew, helped, or were helped by the priest, became the basis for Gallagher’s book, Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican, published in the late sixties. After much pleading on the reporter’s part, the reluctant Monsignor was persuaded to give one interview. The name stuck.Īfter the war, Gallagher continued to be intrigued by the story. In one feature the reporter dubbed O’Flaherty the “Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican,” after the fictional hero of a popular adventure series by novelist Emma Orczy. Gallagher first heard about Hugh O’Flaherty while covering the war front, and was largely responsible for bringing the Monsignor’s story to the attention of the world at large. Today she writes from the mountains of northern Idaho, where she shares her home with her husband, two cats, and abundant wildlife. An Illinois native, she holds a deep affection for Chicago and its rich history. She is also a copywriter, editor, and journalist. With a passion for all things historical, Jennifer Lamont Leo captures readers' hearts through stories set in times gone by. You're the bee's knees!** Author of Moondrop Miracle, You're the Cream in My Coffee and Ain't Misbehavin'. **THANK YOU, dear readers, for all the great reviews, and for choosing Moondrop Miracle, You're the Cream in My Coffee and Ain't Misbehavin for your book clubs. Procopius, who served as Belisarius's advisor, wrote an account of these wars in his History in Eight Books, which presented Justinian and Belisarius as great leaders. Justinian, often considered the greatest Byzantine emperor, set out to reconquer lands that had once belonged to the Western Roman Empire, and in this undertaking he relied on his brilliant general Belisarius (c. In Procopius's time, the Byzantine (BIZ-un-teen) Empire, which grew out of the Eastern Roman Empire in Greece, was ruled by the emperor Justinian (483–565 ruled 527–565). 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