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by Charles J. Esdaile

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So sorry: I completely lost track of this exchange. Re my reading on LA, my chief sources were the monographs by Timothy Anna & Michael Costello (can't remember the titles, but they're in the bibliography of 'The PW').
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Hope all this helps. Meanwhile, the very best of your luck with your studies. Lesh yeearreeyn share, CJE.

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Cont. ... of power & thereby secure the power to defend themselves (which is not to say that other factors weren't present too). For what it's worth, what my own research has shown is that, until the end of the war, there was no chance of Spain sending any significant help to the loyalist cause.

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Cont. ... just two weeks to a massive French offensive in January 1810 that elicited virtually nothing in the way of resistance. The criollos fearing that this presaged the complete collapse of Patriot Spain and possibly even a French invasion, they therefore rushed to secure the levers ... TBC.

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Fastyr mie voish Ellan Vannin! Thank you for this kind enquiry. In brief, the answer is that I am no Latin-Americanist and therefore was guided by the secondary sources I had read, all of which were agreed that the Latin-American revolutions were sparked off by the loss of Andalucía ... TBC.
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Dusk over Peel.
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Douglas harbour this afternoon: move over San Tropez!
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Now why don't I have much faith in this book as a work of history?
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As many people know, I don't do messing about in boats, but look what I was greeted by when I went to catch the bus from the end of my street the other morning! Atmospheric or what?
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And this is a very hot and sunny Peel the other day: here's hoping that the sun continues to shine all summer!
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Douglas marina this afternoon- eat your heart out Saint Tropez!
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To anyone conversant with Catholic history, the reference to Leo XIII was blindingly obvious from the very start. Meanwhile, it is an excellent choice as a subtle statement that Leo will follow in Francis' footsteps, while yet not simply cloning him.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pope Leo XIV: What is behind the name Robert Prevost has chosen?
Due to a longstanding tradition, newly-elected popes are asked to change their names.
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