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Hi my name is Colin T. Mercer and I am a poet and writer. I grew up in “The Village area” of South Belfast, Northern Ireland. I am currently working on a second volume of poetry and a collection of short stories. I hhave also arrived at the finishing stages of my first novel which I hope will be ready 2012. I live with his partner, Sabine, at the County Down coast.

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<p>Emerging from the long shadow cast by his formidable father, Harold Godwineson showed himself to be a worthy successor to the Earldom of Wessex. In the following twelve years, he became the King's most trusted advisor, practically taking the reins of government into his own hands. And on Edward the Confessor's death, Harold Godwineson mounted the throne—the first king of England not of royal blood. Yet Harold was only a man, and his rise in fortune was not blameless. Like any person aspiring to power, he made choices he wasn't particularly proud of. Unfortunately, those closest to him sometimes paid the price of his fame.<br /><br />This is a story of Godwine's family as told from the viewpoint of Harold and his younger brothers. Queen Editha, known for her Vita Ædwardi Regis, originally commissioned a work to memorialize the deeds of her family, but after the Conquest historians tell us she abandoned this project and concentrated on her husband, the less dangerous subject. In THE SONS OF GODWINE and FATAL RIVALRY, I am telling the story as it might have survived had she collected and passed on the memoirs of her tragic brothers.<br /><br />This book is part two of The Last Great Saxon Earls series. Book one, GODWINE KINGMAKER, depicted the rise and fall of the first Earl of Wessex who came to power under Canute and rose to preeminence at the beginning of Edward the Confessor's reign. Unfortunately, Godwine's misguided efforts to champion his eldest son Swegn recoiled on the whole family, contributing to their outlawry and Queen Editha's disgrace. Their exile only lasted one year and they returned victorious to London, though it was obvious that Harold's career was just beginning as his father's journey was coming to an end.<br /><br />Harold's siblings were all overshadowed by their famous brother; in their memoirs we see remarks tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism, and in Tostig's case, with jealousy. We see a Harold who is ambitious, self-assured, sometimes egocentric, imperfect, yet heroic. His own story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Throughout, their observations are purely subjective, and witnessing events through their eyes gives us an insider’s perspective.<br /><br />Harold was his mother's favorite, confident enough to rise above petty sibling rivalry but Tostig, next in line, was not so lucky. Harold would have been surprised by Tostig's vindictiveness, if he had ever given his brother a second thought. And that was the problem. Tostig's love/hate relationship with Harold would eventually destroy everything they worked for, leaving the country open to foreign conquest. This subplot comes to a crisis in book three of the series, FATAL RIVALRY.</p>

Story Behind The Book

Inspired from years of living on the Island of Ireland I decided to try to put into words what it felt like, what you seen and who you where to live in Ireland and be Irish. I spent most of my life so far unaware that most people didnt see the world as i did, or should I say hear it is I heard it. You see, I have a rare condition know as Synesthesia which means that I see colours in sound. Some are more vivid than others, for example music and the sound of the wind or sea crashing on rocks. I also have been fortunate in being able to express what I see and hear in words, particuliarly poetry. This first publication for me was an attempt to open my world to others and to allow everyone to view a Synesthic world in someways like a virtual world within a computer when sounds and pulses are shown and displayed in graphic colours and bars. I have used this kind of format to express my view on life bringing together the history of Ireland from folklore to growing up in the troubles of Ulster right back to historical happenings. To this end the book is a medium for irish eyes, a sort of guide to Ireland seen by people of irish decent. I hope you enjoy reading For Irish Eyes as much as I have enjoyed writing it. Colin T Mercer

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<div>You're probably thinking a book of poetry you? Yes. Yes me, I in fact love this book. Okay, i love everything Irish, but this caught my eye.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is a book filled with vivid imagery and a wonderful sense of imagination and play. What I enjoyed most about this is that it isn't as poetic as some of the peom books I normally read. Of course I did need to read it a few times before putting the review up, my sincere apologies Colin.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is a great book for anyone to read I highly recommend it.</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>Okay, So quickly, published in August of 2009 and you can find it on amazon.uk, on his website you can order the book there, for a bit faster, as 1-3 weeks was very hard, because in reality it's a bit more than 3 weeks to come to Canada!</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>The front cover image is awesome and peaceful and this is one of the finest photos of the Irish coast I've seen in a while. </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>It lives up to the writing inside. Simple elegant and everything on would want in a poetic experience book.</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>I recommend this book for readers and for those who need a great sense of beauty, wild and elegance in a poetic form.</div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard">Posted by <span class="fn">Rebecca E.</span> </span><span class="post-timestamp">at <a class="timestamp-link" title="permanent link" href="http://myrecommendedlibrary.blogspot.com/2009/10/colin-t-mecer-and-his-book-for-irish.html"><abbr class="published" title="2009-10-14T07:33:00-07:00"><font color="#336699">7:33 AM</font></abbr></a> </span><span class="post-comment-link"></span><span class="post-icons"><span class="item-control blog-admin pid-540336022"><a title="Edit Post" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5752826809411624635&postID=2721196112206241747"><img class="icon-action" alt="" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" width="18" height="18" /><font color="#336699"></font></a></span></span></div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"><span class="post-labels">Labels: <a href="http://myrecommendedlibrary.blogspot.com/search/label/Recommended%20Reading"><font color="#336699">Recommended Reading</font></a> </span></div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"></div></div> <div class="comments"><a></a> <h4>4 comments: </h4> <div class="pid-540336022"> <dl class="avatar-comment-indent"><dt class="comment-author"><a></a></dt></dl><div class="avatar-image-container vcard"><span dir="ltr"><a class="avatar-hovercard" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10518718614911804428"><img class="delayLoad" title="T. Anne" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jThQIAkSRfs/SZc178FG-2I/AAAAAAAAABg/WluroR7bCpM/S45/Sunflower.gif" width="35" longdesc="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jThQIAkSRfs/SZc178FG-2I/AAAAAAAAABg/WluroR7bCpM/S45/Sunflower.gif" height="35" /><font color="#336699"></font></a></span></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10518718614911804428"><font color="#336699">T. Anne</font></a> said... </div></div>OOh, I want to get that book. In fact I'm going to write down the title and author right now. Thanx! October 14, 2009 8:33 AM

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