Bøger af Charles Boyle

Dr. Bentley's Dissertations On The Epistles Of Phalaris, And The Fables Of Aesop is a book written by Charles Boyle, first published in 1698. The book contains two dissertations, the first one being on the Epistles of Phalaris, a collection of letters attributed to the ancient Greek tyrant Phalaris. Dr. Bentley, a renowned classical scholar, argues that the letters are actually a forgery written much later than Phalaris' time. The second dissertation is on the Fables of Aesop, a collection of moral tales attributed to the ancient Greek storyteller Aesop. Dr. Bentley examines the authenticity of the fables and argues that many of them were not actually written by Aesop but were added later by other authors. The book is considered a landmark in classical scholarship and is still widely studied and referenced today.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Dr. Bentley's Dissertations On The Epistles Of Phalaris And The Fables Of Aesop, Examined (1745) is a book written by Charles Boyle. The book is a critical analysis of Dr. Richard Bentley's work on the Epistles of Phalaris and the Fables of Aesop. Bentley was a renowned classical scholar who had published his own editions of these works. However, Boyle's book examines and challenges Bentley's interpretations and conclusions. Boyle argues that Bentley's work is flawed and that he has misinterpreted the texts. The book is an important contribution to the field of classical studies and is still studied today. It provides valuable insights into the methods of classical scholarship and the debates that existed in the eighteenth century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Leslie Howard may be today the least known of the best known actors / movie stars of his day (1930s-1940s). Part of that lost legacy may be because he died relatively young, but part of it may also involve his life outside of Broadway and Hollywood. Before the war Howard starred in such films as The Petrified Forest and Gone with the Wind), and on stage (Hamlet). Upon his return to England he shifted his attention to the war effort, making films that celebrated the English spirit and attacked the Nazis. In one instance he introduced the Oxfordian theory about the Shakespeare authorship question into several scenes in his popular Pimpernel Smith (the Oxfordian theory of the Shakespeare authorship is that the true author was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford). Meanwhile, Howard was also serving as a spy for his government, a spy who wound up dying a very public and yet "mysterious" death in 1943 in the only instance of a Nazi shoot-down of a civilian airliner in the whole war. His life today remains shrouded in mystery, since some records of the shoot-down remain classified until 2025, and ---even more astonishingly--- records in Howard's personal estate will remain classified until 2056, following their reclassification in 1980 (See the Defense Media website for some background and details: defensemedianetwork.com). In this revised, second edition of Another Hamlet Charles Boyle explores this story of Leslie Howard's interest in the Earl of Oxford as Shakespeare, and how that may have played into both his role as an artist and propagandist in World War II, and, finally perhaps, as a factor in his fate at the hands of German fighter pilots in 1943. Since Goebbels had openly condemned Howard, why was he flying commercial when other prominent British celebrities flew protected on military transports? Why didn't Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden afford him more protection? In this current year (2017), with recent and older history of Britain seemingly everywhere (Dunkirk, The Darkest Hour, the Netflix series The Crown, plus PBS's Elizabeth's Secret Agents), Boyle's Another Hamlet is the perfect tale to bring these two ends of that history (16th and 20th century) together. In both Another Hamlet and a companion book on Shakespeare/Oxford's unveiling of Elizabethan "realpolitik," A Poet's Rage (which includes several other essays by Boyle, also available on amazon.com), the Oxfordian theory of the Shakespeare authorship makes clear how the politics of 400 years ago shaped both Shakespeare himself and Elizabethan England, and continues to matter centuries later. "In Another Hamlet Charles Boyle has produced a riveting political thriller that explores the life and tragic death of actor and film-maker, Leslie Howard, a British patriot drawn into a deadly propaganda duel with the Germans. Deftly interweaving the behind-the-scenes politics of World War II with the decadent showbiz world of the 1930s-1940s, Boyle makes the tantalizing suggestion that it was Howard's growing conviction that the Earl of Oxford wrote Shakespeare which sealed his doom. From Leslie Howard himself to Humphrey Bogart, Merle Oberon, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and Joseph Goebbels, Boyle brings to life a fascinating and often chilling cast of characters to tell the story of a maverick artist's losing battle with the power-brokers of his age." -- Charles Beauclerk, author of Nell Gwynn and Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom. "Charles Boyle has opened a window on an amazing true story with immediate implications for our own time. His narrative essay on Leslie Howard and 'Shakespeare' is impossible to put down and I have no doubt that his screenplay, which follows, will become a stunning and important movie. I can't wait!" -- Hank Whittemore, author of CNN: the Inside Story and Your Future Self.

Since the International Labour Organisation's Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) came into force internationally on 20 August 2013, it has already been amended, and a further two sets of amendments have been agreed and are expected to come into force in 2019 and 2020. Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 - UK and REG Implementation sets out in detail how the UK, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man (being the members of the Red Ensign Group (REG) which are subject to the MLC) have implemented the Convention. Specific references are given to the laws, merchant shipping notices and guidance, as well as identifying the areas where implementation is permitted by way of collective agreements. As the MLC sits in the context of the wider international regulatory regime, it expressly endorses the application of other international instruments and standards, particularly those of the International Maritime Organisation. Furthermore, many of the MLC's mandatory provisions have been incorporated into EU Directives, which are relevant to the UK and Gibraltar. These international and regional provisions are also referenced. Chapter 1 sets out an introduction to the ILO and the MLC. Chapter 2 describes the general approach of how the UK applies its legislation to UK ships and, while they are in UK waters, non-UK ships without MLC documentation, and non-UK ships with MLC documentation. Chapters 3-22 describe the UK provisions in more detail as the other REG members' laws are influenced by those to a significant extent. The specific provisions for Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man have been set out, with detailed references to the appropriate regulatory sources in Chapters 23-26. Due to the central role of the MLC's Title 5 on compliance and enforcement, this is set out in full (in Part VIII, Appendix 1), annotated with references to the relevant sections of the ILO's guidelines on flag state control and port state control. The full text of the amendments to the MLC have been set out in Part VIII, Appendix 2.

The stories in The Manet Girl explore situations in which desire, cutting through the demands of daily life, blurs all rational distinctions between what is important and what is distraction.

A memoir about books, mostly - and bonfires, cliches, dystopias, failure, happiness, jokes, justice, privilege, publishing, rejection, self-loathing, shoplifting and umbrellas - by an author who has published poetry, fiction and non-fiction under his own name and pen names.

The Disguise distils the writing from four of Charles Boyle's collections published by Carcanet and Faber.