Mrs. McGinty's Dead: A Hercule Poirot Novel (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)

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In this classic Hercule Poirot mystery from the Queen of Crime, a kindly widow is bludgeoned to death. Is her lodger guilty? Or is he being framed? Either way, the condemned man's time is running out.

"The plot is perfect and the characters are wonderful." (San Francisco Chronicle)

Well, it's no wonder. The plot-suspicion for an elderly woman's murder falls on her mysterious lodger-is from Agatha Christie. The wonderful character happens to be the world's most famous sleuth, Hercule Poirot.

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Mrs McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion fell immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes revealed traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something was amiss: Bentley just didn't look like a murderer. Poirot believed he could save the man from the gallows -- what he didn't realise was that his own life was now in great danger...

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FILIAL LOVE.......2007-05-30

Written in 1950, MRS. MCGINTY'S DEAD was published for the first time in 1951. I like a lot this novel because Hercule Poirot appears at last as a human being in it. So we learn that the illustrious detective feels very old and that he appreciates the haute cuisine, particularly cooked snails. Look also for the character of Ariadne Oliver, Agatha Christie's literary double. The thoughts she formulates about Sven Hjerson, the detective appearing in her own novels, leave a bitter taste in the mouth considering the fact that Agatha Christie could say the same words speaking of Hercule Poirot.

Just finished rereading this great book.......2007-02-03

I love it; perhaps not at the top of tree, as some experts would say.

But I still think it is wonderful how the Scotland yarder comes to Poirot after "winning" the case on evidence, but still uncertain if he had the right man.

Magnificent mystery.......2005-02-05

Hercule Poirot is bored, so he is delighted when he is visited by his old friend Superintendent Spence of the Kilchester Police. Spence has recently conducted an investigation into the murder of an old charwoman Mrs McGinty, in the village of Broadhinny. her lodger, James Bentley has been convicted of the murder and is due to hang, but Spence is convinced Bentley is innocent, and wants Poirot to investigate.

Poirot goes to stay in the village of Broadhinny, and soon begins to uncover reasons why other people might have wanted Mrs McGinty dead. While investigating the murder, he has to cope with staying at the dreadful guest house run by the Summerhayes, a couple who have no idea of how to keep house or cook an edible meal.

The scenes where the sufferings of Poirot at the guest house are described are among the most amusing in this very amusing book. There are many interesting characters, particularly the scatty but charming Maureen Summerhayes, whom Poirot likes in spite of her atrocious cooking. And there is the maddening James Bentley, the convicted murderer, whose unprepossesing character only makes Poirot more determined to prove him innocent.

One of the most amusing exchanges in the book occurs near the end: ' "Mon Dieu, how stupid I have been," said Hercule Poirot, "The whole thing is simple, is it not?" It was after that remark that there was very nearly another murder - the murder of Hercule Poirot by Superintendent Spence.' Enjoy it.

This one has a rather large cast for an Agatha Christie Book.......2004-11-10

The large cast and the large list of suspects in this book make it quite different than most of Agatha Christie's works. It also has a very convoluted plot that is difficult to follow. In spite of that, I still give it four stars because it is written by Agatha Christie in her usual creative style. The book will certainly keep the readers guessing as they set out with Poirot to get to the bottom of an old murder case that has already been tried by the courts. A man has been convicted of killing Mrs. McGinty, but Poirot and Inspector Spence don't think he did it. When Poirot starts digging he finds ties to other much older murder cases, and it's a case of identifying people, some thirty years later. Another thing that Ms. Christie does so well is characterization, and this book is certainly no exception. I absolutely loved the muddle-headed Mrs. Summerhayes.

M. Poirot has his dinner interrupted by an old friend.......2004-05-11

Hercule Poirot has been enjoying his retirement. His main concern of each day is planning the menu for his next meal - it is a pity that one can only truly enjoy three meals a day! His old friend Inspector Spence asks him to look into a case for him. Mrs. McGinty, a charwoman in a small village was brutally murdered. Spence has already caught the murderer, (the woman's lodger) a jury has found him guilty and the date for the execution has been set. The only problem is that the good inspector has doubts.

Poirot agrees to look into the matter and sets off for the village of Broadhinny, where the crime took place. He takes up residence in the only available lodging in town, a very disorganized bed and breakfast, suffering dreadfully from the terrible accomodations and worse meals and begins working on the case. While there Poirot mets an old friend, Ariadne Oliver, famous mystery novelist who was in Broadhinny working on a stage adaption of her work. In the end of course, Poirot solves the crime and sees that justice is served.

The mystery here is a recurring theme of Christie's, an old crime that has resurfaced years later and requiring many old secrets to be revealed. The only problem with this particular novel is that it is quite complicated with many characters and their stories that tend to become a bit difficult to keep straight. On the plus side we are treated to yet another visit with Ariadne Oliver, always a delight. We are also introduced to the Summerhayes family, a wonderfully disorganized group that really diserve their own book.

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An Explosive Encounter

Mary Kate Bennett was married too early, widowed too young, and left to fend for herself without a penny. Her path was never meant to cross with Archer St. John's, except for a terrible carriage accident with the wickedly handsome Earl of Sanderhurst. Mary Kate awakens in a mysterious lord's bed to a life more luxurious than she could have ever imagined, facing a man she's never met before, but instinctively knows...

A Heart Held Hostage

The whispers about Archer follow him wherever he goes. Had the reclusive nobleman murdered his unhappy countess? When Mary Kate enters his life so unexpectedly, the bold earl is convinced that she has all the answers he has been searching for. So why can't he think of anything else besides her decadently red hair, her luminescent skin, and the feelings this vibrant, spirited beauty evokes within his masculine soul?

A Wicked Fantasy

Their love can be a fantasy, or it can be strong enough to entwine their destinies forever.

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good but not great...........2007-05-17

This was my first Karen Ranney book.

This book could have been a 5 star book if not for 2 flaws. One-the horrible title-My Wicked Fantasy-ugh. Besides the obvious insipidity and predictability of the title-it had nothing to do with the story- the characters were not each other's "fantasy" nor were they all that wicked.

Second-the author is obviously talented but WAY too prosy, too over the top wordy. Meaning-everything that was description was flowery/metaphor filled, BUT the characters conversations were that way as well. They never just talked like normal people do. Everything was a "war of words". Which, can be fun, but like candy, too much is sickening.

That being said-the book was still enjoyable enough to recommend-while I wouldn't pay full price for it, and enough of an inducement to try this author again.

4 stars.

Spellbound!.......2005-09-04

An amazingly well written novel with mystery, suspense, romance, sex and comic relief. Very intense story and the author eloquently leads us into the lives of the characters as if we are sitting in the same room with them. She describes the surroundings /environment/geography in such detail that it is a moving picture. I read a lot of romance novels and this one is by far and away the best I've ever read. Not just your typical and predictable story line. My only complaint is with the title -- I think that "Wicked Fantasy" has extremely sexual innuendo. The sex was NOT at all predominant -- actually quite restrained. Please don't miss this book!

Don't miss this one.......2004-09-06

Many romance readers have become spoiled by zany characters and overly detailed sex scenes. This book works because it tells a simple story. The characters are divine, all though I was disappointed by decisions made by the heroine late in the book. I believe you will enjoy this book.

This earl holds the heroine prisoner at his country estate.......2003-09-22

My Wicked Fantasy is the fourth Ranney book I have read. The first novel was only average and made me shy away from future Ranney purchases. Fortunately when I begin reading a new author, I usually buy at least two of her books to truly test the author's writing capability and style, AND to discover if her style fits my taste in romance reading. I am so glad I purchased that second book. I loved it and the last three Ranney books I have read have all been five star reviews. My Wicked Fantasy is just that - somewhat wicked and certainly a fantasy of the heroine's prior to her meeting the hero.

To truly enjoy this book, you have to suspend reality and just go with believing that the dead can speak to the living. Supernatural novels are usually not my style (although I have loved Dara Joy's books) but this book is only slightly supernatural and well worth ignoring that aspect if it bothers you. This is a historical English novel that involves a penniless widow, Mary Kate Bennett, and a hermit earl, Archer St. John. Mary Kate is searching for remnants of her long lost family and Archer is searching for his wife who disappeared a year ago. These two meet by accident, literally, when the earl's speeding carriage collides with the public coach carrying Mary Kate on the road to London. Mary Kate is badly injured but the earl is not hurt and he stays at a local inn supervising and paying for Mary Kate's medicinal care. During Mary Kate's recovery, she begins to have visions that she knows concerns the Earl of Sanderhurst. Eventually the earl begins to believe that Mary Kate is some sort of con artist in partnership with his missing wife. After all, no one has heard from his wife this past year and their marriage was not a great one. Mary Kate is the first to have any knowledge of her although she tells him it is all through visions. She even has a concern for his safety because of her disturbing dreams. Archer is tired of everyone believing he must have killed his wife and decides to keep Mary Kate until she will tell him the truth behind her sham. He takes her to his country estate and imprisons her in one of the bedchambers determined to find out where his wife is.

Mary Kate is, of course, a beautiful woman from the working class who has had much misfortune is her life. She has been married to an old man who has recently died leaving her without any money. She only wants to find her family who she was separated from at the age of ten. She doesn't mind hard work - in fact, she wants it. But once she has recovered from the carriage accident, she has few funds left and doesn't object too strenuously at being held captive in a beautiful home with good food. Although she appears meek at first - it is only an illusion. Mary Kate can and does speak her mind clearly and is not shy. She is rather taken with the vengeful earl although she is even more conscious of their class difference than he. Actually she is a little too hardheaded to be in the favorite heroine category but she is enjoyable.

The Earl of Sanderhurst is truly a man with a hermit capacity. He has desperately searched for his wife and wants to get on with his life and must find his wife to do so. He is determined, autocratic, and - at times- harsh with Mary Kate. Of course, he is very rich and successful and has a great wit as well as a tendency towards sarcasm. He is very content with his own company but does desire a family with at least one heir. He has some awful childhood issues that just don't make much sense. The cruel abusive father doesn't fit since his mother is a big part of this book. She is a very lovable and eccentric lady who refused to let a nanny or servant raise her son. She loved him and nourished him and still does although she is certainly an odd character. At first I did not want her intrusion into the story but I came to really enjoy her contribution. Her relationship with Archer is unusual for romance writing and truly entertaining.

Overall My Wicked Fantasy was a luscious read. Although Mary Kate and Archer stand at opposing ends concerning her supposed visions from Archer's wife, they still are very attracted to one another. Their relationship is allowed plenty of delicious time to grow and there are many great scenes to relish. The sensual rating is a solid 4.0 out of 5.0 (see More About Me for rating guidelines). I did tire of the earl's continued disbelief of Mary Kate and their mutual beliefs that there could never be a future for them. Those two facts almost caused this rating to be slightly lower.

As far as I can determine My Wicked Fantasy is a stand alone book and not a part of a series. I highly recommend it and greatly anticipate reading through Ranney's rather large backlist.

HAUNTING.......2003-07-06

"...but she would walk into the fire gladly, for the sheer joy of being able to remember the flames." Page after page, it's not just Karen Ranney's writing style that haunts the reader, but also haunting character information comes together like puzzle pieces. Pain, romance, sensuality, tenderness, love that transcends time and place...and a mother-in-law who tickles your fantasies. Long after the last word is read, the characters tug at the reader's memory. Haunting...

By the Itching of My Nose Something Wicked This Way Goes

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By the Itching of My Nose Something Wicked This Way Goes
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My Wicked Fantasy
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In this sixth outing, Honor is invited to rejoin the Royal Manticoran Navy at the instigation of some of her worst enemies. The RMN has withdrawn from the Silesian Confederacy in an effort to focus on its war with the People's Republic of Haven and the shipping cartels have been losing vessels: cargo, crews and all. Klaus Hauptmann sees a glorious opportunity: invite Honor to command the Q-ships which will draw pirate and privateer fire. If she dies, great; if she succeeds, even better.

Honor and her companion Nimitz find unexpected friends (and enemies) along the way, and fans of this series' space battles will not be disappointed. In addition to a better glimpse of the Silesian systems, we finally get to meet a few of the Andermani.

Want to read more about Honor? Read about Honor's early career in On Basilisk Station, her first encounter with the Graysons in The Honor of the Queen, the beginning of the war with the Peeps in The Short, Victorious War, the continuing story of treachery at home in Field of Dishonor, and her ignominous exile (or training to be an Admiral?) in Flag in Exile.

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Honor Harrington no. 6, and it's off to Silesia in Q-Ships.......2007-08-02

A magnificent read, but why oh why do so many sci-fi wargame designers seem obsessed with Q-Ships?

I'll forgive Dave Weber this once, partly because this book does at least make clear that the damn things are death traps, but mostly because it's such a cracking read. In fact this is my personal favourite of the current 17 books in the Honorverse.

"Honor among Enemies" is the sixth book in a wonderful space opera series set some three thousand years in the future and featuring David Weber's best fictional heroine, "Honor Harrington."

These books are best read in sequence and I strongly recommend that you start with "On Basilisk Station" which is the first one.

The Honor Harrington stories are full of parallels with the time of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. In particular, the Royal Manticoran Navy in which the heroine is an officer is clearly based on the Royal Navy at the time of Nelson.

The technology of space travel and naval warfare in most of the Honor Harrington stories has been written so as to impose tactical and strategic constraints on space navy officers similar to those which the technology of fighting sail imposed on wet navy officers two hundred years ago. In this book however, and unlike the rest of the series, Honor Harrington's ships are based on one of the most crack-brained concepts from the World War One era - and considering how many badly designed ships fought in that war, that's saying something!

This book continues the pattern of thinly veiled (and amusing) hints in the stories that they are to some extent a tribute to C.S. Forester. The main heroine of the books, Honor Harrington, appears to owe more than just her initials to C.S. Forester's character "Horatio Hornblower." Indeed, at one point in this book one of the other characters actually gives Honor one of Forester's books to read.

In this sixth book in the series, there is no sign of an end to the all-out war between Honor's home nation, "The Star Kingdom of Manticore," together with allies like Grayson in whose navy Honor has been serving, against the People's Republic of Haven or "Peeps." As the demands of the front line grow ever greater, Manticore has been forced to pull ships away from anti-piracy duties in other parts of the galaxy such as the Silesian Confederation. Naturally, space pirates have been taking full advantage of this and merchant losses have started to mount up alarmingly.

A number of influential politicians and business people on Manticore who don't like Honor Harrington very much, but who recognise that whatever else they have against her, she is a first rate fighting commander, see an opportunity to use one problem to solve another. They let the Admiralty know that they will withdraw their opposition to Honor going back on active service in the Manticoran navy if they give her a squadron and send her to get rid of the pirates. There are no proper warships available, so all she can have is Q-ships. Whether Honor takes out the pirates, or they get rid of her, Honor's domestic opponents come out ahead.

A word on Q-ships. This was a glamourous, but not terribly successful tactic used during the First World War to hunt U-boats and commerce raiders as a feeble alternative to the convoy system. The idea was to take a merchant ship, fit her with lots of carefully concealed weapons, fill the hold with material much lighter than water so she won't sink quickly when torpedoed, and sail her unescorted along a trade route looking like a big, fat, vulnerable target.

If a U-boat fired a torpedo at a Q-ship, the tactic was to try to deliberately ensure the torpedo hit, send off a "panic party" who pretend to abandon ship, and then the rest of the crew would wait for the submarine to surface to finish the supposedly abandoned ship with gunfire. Sometimes the U-boat would think it could use its gun to deal with the easy target without wasting a torpedo, which was even better for the Q-ship. Either way, when a surfaced submarine came close, the Q-ship's concealed guns would suddenly open fire and hopefully sink the enemy.

Some very brave men served on Q-ships during WW1, and they did get one or two U-boats, but at a heavy price. You can see why Honor's worst enemies would like the idea of giving her command of a squadron of them!

However, as usual, Honor's opponents, and a lot of other people, have badly underestimated her. And the weapon systems which "Horrible Hemphill" and the ordinance experts have given Honor to try out include some better ideas than the ones that made her job so difficult "on Basilisk Station" - in fact some of them will have important implications for the rest of the series.

Very complex book: Honor has to deal with opponents back home, one or two nasty pieces of work on her own ship, a Manticoran merchant family who start out as deadly enemies, pirates, corrupt Silesian governors, and the Peeps.

Weber also moves the quality of his treatment of people in the opposing navy into another gear: the development of characters on the Peep side goes beyond being just evil or honorable enemy figures to the point where some of them effectively become a second group of heroes. Meanwhile some of Honor's internal opponents also show that they are capable of more than being cartoonishly evil bad guys.

This was the book which persuaded me to raise my view of David Weber from thinking him an entertaining author to being, at his best, a first rate one.

A note on how this book fits into the series as a whole:

At the time of writing there are thirteen full length novels and four short story collections in the "Honorverse" as the fictional galaxy in which these stories are set is sometimes known. The main series which tells the story of Honor Harrington herself currently runs to eleven novels; in order these are

On Basilisk Station
The Honor of the Queen
The Short Victorious War
Field of Dishonour
Flag in Exile
Honor among Enemies
In Enemy Hands
Echoes of Honor
Ashes of Victory
War of Honor
At All Costs

The four collections of short stories set in the same universe, not all of which feature Honor Harrington herself, are

More Than Honor
Worlds of Honor
Worlds of Honor III: Changer of Worlds
Worlds of Honor IV: The Service of the Sword

The two spin-off novels are "Crown of Slaves" (with Eric Flint) which is a story of espionage and intrigue featuring a number of characters first introduced in earlier Honor Harrington novels or "Honorverse" short story collections, and "The Shadow of Saganami" which is a kind of "next generation" novel featuring a number of younger officers in the navies of Manticore and her ally Grayson.

For amusement, if you want to try to look for the parallels to nations and individuals from the French revolutionary period and the Hornblower books, one possible translation would be:

People's Republic of Haven = France
Star Kingdom of Manticore = Great Britain
Gryphon = Scotland
Grayson = Portugal

Prime Minister Alan Summervale = Pitt the Younger
Hamish Alexander, later Earl White Haven = Admiral Edward Pellew
Honor Harrington = Horatio Hornblower
Alistair McKeon = William Bush

Crown loyalists and Centrists = Tory supporters of Pitt
Conservative Association = isolationist/hardline High Tories
New Kiev Liberals = Whig Oligarchists
Progressives and traditional liberals = Whig radicals

Legislaturist former rulers of Haven = Bourbon monarchy and French nobles
Rob S. Pierre = Robespierre
Committee of Public Safety = Committee of Public Safety

Solarian republic = United States of America
Anderman Empire = Kingdom of Prussia
Silesia = either Poland, or non-Prussian Germany

(I've always taken "The Silesian Confederation" to be Poland because European Silesia is now part of Poland, and was the first part of central Europe which Frederick the Great grabbed on the track from turning Prussia into the German Empire, followed by large parts of Poland. Also because late 18th century Poland was a chaotic mess which ended up by being carved up between neighbouring powers. However, you can also think of Silesia as being all the squabbling principalities of pre-unification Germany and that parallel also works.)

Wall of Battle = Line of Battle
Ship of the Wall = Ship of the Line
Battleship = "4th rate" sailing warship (in each case too small to form part of the main force in a fleet action, but powerful enough to defeat anything else smaller than a ship of the line/wall.)
Battlecruiser = frigate (5th rate)
Cruisers and destroyers = 6th rate and smaller warships
Q-Ship = Merchant ship with concealed weapons used by regular navy as a trap for commerce raiders.
Armed Merchant Cruiser = General term for a large merchant ship fitted with weapons and used by the regular navy as a substitute for a purpose built warship.

One of the Better Volumes in the Honor Harrington Saga.......2007-03-08

David Weber does a fine job introducing "friendly" People's Republic of Haven naval officers and an interesting assortment of "below decks" Royal Manticoran Navy enlisted and petty officer personnel in the sixth volume of the ongoing Honor Harrington saga. We also finally get the chance to visit Andermanni space, meeting several Imperial Andermanni Navy officers too. While the series overall doesn't quite rise to the literary heights attained by its Napoleonic Wars precursors written by Forrester and especially, O'Brian, there is much in these books which will appeal to avid fans of military science fiction and, in general, space opera that's truly a cut above most of the generic "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" novels I've read so far. Indeed, I must admit that reading the Harrington saga has been a guilty pleasure of mine; some light, thrilling reading which I've enjoyed immensely.

Disgraced RMN Captain Honor Harrington - who's embarked upon a second career as an admiral in the Grayson Space Navy - receives an offer she can't refuse from the First Space Lord of the Royal Manticoran Navy. A chance to revive her RMN career as Captain and commanding officer of a small squadron of armed merchant cruisers sent to the distant Silesian Confederacy, in charge of a seemingly impossible mission to protect Manticoran commercial shipping from piracy while the Star Kingdom of Manticore wages its latest war against the People's Republic of Haven. Unknown to Harrington, two enemies from her recent past are among those responsible for her new appointment, hoping she will not emerge unscathed - or better yet dead - from her latest command. Not surprisingly, Captain Harrington and her valiant officers and crew once more rise to the occasion, discovering a truly tangled web of intrigue - as well as piracy - lurking within the Silesian Confederacy.

Honor.......2007-01-19

This is a classic in the Harrington series. Much of it deals with the Naval forces on both sides and shows that not all Peeps are evil. There are some one-dimensional characters but overall this is a good read if you liked the other books.

Good and fills in the gaps.......2006-11-20

Well, Weber is the master of space combat even if his approach is somewhat conventional. This book really shouldn't be as good as it is given the events it covers, but Weber as always rises to the occaision. It becomes obvious by the end of the book though that its mostly a vehicle to introduce some Havenite characters other than Theisman we can cheer for. It also begins to de-stupify the Havenite forces making them a bit more of a threat for the next couple books. Middle stories frequently struggle, but this one doesn't and is highly recommended.

Weber does it again.......2005-12-06

fantastic space opera, like the whole serie. excellent and entretaining. could not put it down

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The Book of Jubilees.

Great Book to Add to Your Bible and Religious Studies

Eye Opening - And Good

Genesis Revealed

The Book of Jubilees; The Little Genesis, The Apocalypse of Moses
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The Book of Jubilees, also known as The Little Genesis and The Apocalypse of Moses, opens with an extraordinary claim of authorship. It is attributed to the very hand of Moses; penned while he was on Mount Sinai, as an angel of God dictated to him regarding those events that transpired from the beginning of the world. The story is written from the viewpoint of the angel. The angelic monolog takes place after the exodus of the children of Israel out of Egypt. The setting is atop Mount Sinai, where Moses was summoned by God. The text then unfolds as the angel reveals heaven's viewpoint of history. We are lead through the creation of man, Adam's fall from grace, the union of fallen angels and earthly women, the birth of demonic offspring, the cleansing of the earth by flood, and the astonishing claim that man's very nature was somehow changed, bringing about a man with less sinful qualities than his antediluvian counterpart. The story goes on to fill in many details in Israel's history, ending at the point in time when the narrative itself takes place, after the exodus.

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The Book of Jubilees, also known as The Little Genesis and The Apocalypse of Moses, opens with an extraordinary claim of authorship. It is attributed to the very hand of Moses; penned while he was on Mount Sinai, as an angel of God dictated to him regarding those events that transpired from the beginning of the world. The story is written from the viewpoint of the angel. The angelic monolog takes place after the exodus of the children of Israel out of Egypt. The setting is atop Mount Sinai, where Moses was summoned by God. The text then unfolds as the angel reveals heaven's viewpoint of history. We are led through the creation of man, Adam's fall from grace, the union of fallen angels and earthly women, the birth of demonic offspring, the cleansing of the earth by flood, and the astonishing claim that man's very nature was somehow changed, bringing about a man with less sinful qualities than his antediluvian counterpart. The story goes on to fill in many details in Israel's history, ending at the point in time when the narrative itself takes place, after the exodus. Information about Watcher, Angels, and Nepthilim is contained in this ancient text.

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Have not read completely yet........2007-07-30

Sorry, I have not completed the book yet. But, I feel it is going to be an excellent source to clear up some confusing issues in the Old Testament. Thanks, AJ

The Book of Jubilees........2007-07-08

I found the book interesting and very comparable to the Old Testiment versions of events. The insights I gained regarding Jewish traditions surrounding the events in Genesis was worth the read.

Great Book to Add to Your Bible and Religious Studies.......2007-03-09

After receiving this book, I could not put it down and two more of my friends ordered it for our weekly Bible Study class

Eye Opening - And Good.......2006-06-01

I always thought there were many things left unexplained in Genesis. The Book of Jubilees fills in the gaps.

The titles, Jubilees, Little Genesis, and Apocalypes of Moses, refer to the same book. These are titles given to the same work in various times and places.

The book covers in great detail all of the questions I had after reading Genesis.

The book also gives the reason that the Watchers first came to earth - before they became the fallen angels.

15 In the second week of the tenth jubilee Mahalalel took to him to wife Dinah, the daughter of Barakiel the daughter of his father's brother, and she gave birth to a son in the third week in the sixth year, and he called his name Jared, for in his days the angels of the Lord descended on the earth, those who are named the Watchers, that they should instruct the children of men, and that they should do judgment and uprightness on the earth.

This is a very interesting book.

Genesis Revealed.......2006-03-14

What a wonderful translation!
I have read several others but this one is the best.
It is clear and direct, while keeping keeping grace and flow.
The name Jubilees is taken from the way time is told within the text. A jubilee is 50 years. The book covers Genesis and part of Exodus in an expanded and enlightening way. Many questions left unanswered in the Bible are revealed in Jubilees.

I have copied a few lines below:

1 When the children of men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, and the angels of God saw them on a certain year of this jubilee, that they were beautiful, and they took themselves wives of all whom they chose, and they gave birth to their sons and they were giants.
2 Because of them lawlessness increased on the earth and all flesh corrupted its way. Men and cattle and beasts and birds and everything that walked on the earth were all corrupted in their ways and their orders, and they began to devour each other. Lawlessness increased on the earth and the imagination and thoughts of all men were continually, totally evil.
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21 Because of these three things came the flood on the earth, namely, the fornication that the Watchers committed against the law of their ordinances when they went whoring after the daughters of men, and took themselves wives of all they chose, and they made the beginning of uncleanness.
22 And they begat sons, the Naphilim (Naphidim), and they were all dissimilar, and they devoured one another, and the Giants killed the Naphil, and the Naphil killed the Eljo, and the Eljo killed mankind, and man killed one another.
23 Every one committed himself to crime and injustice and to shed much blood, and the earth was filled with sin.
24 After this they sinned against the beasts and birds, and all that moved and walked on the earth, and much blood was shed on the earth, and men continually desired only what was useless and evil.
25 And the Lord destroyed everything from the face of the earth. Because of the wickedness of their deeds, and because of the blood they had shed over all the earth, He destroyed everything. "
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This rare and important holy book sheds new light on Judaism and early Christianity. It reflects a form of Jewish mystical thought at around the time of Christ and retells much of the Old Testament story. It includes additional material not found in the Bible and relies heavily on the Book of Enoch, making this a good companion text for that title. Covers the fall of the angels, Adam & Eve, the great flood, evil spirits, the fall of man, and much more.

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Genesis Revisited.......2007-04-08

Sometimes mentioned as one of the "banned books of the bible", the Book of Jubilees covers the same ground as Genesis and part of Exodus. It's one of the books of the Pseudepigrapha, which means "writings with false superscription", according to the introduction. I found it boring and difficult to read. It shares a similarity with the Oahspe bible in one instance, where Abraham is instructed to kill Isaac by an evil spirit ("prince of the Mastema"), and he doesn't because he realises that it's a spirit and not God communicating with him. It includes fragments of old texts such as the Book of Noah and there's more reference to Enoch than in Genesis. Overall, I would recommend it only to obsessive or completist students/scholars of the Old Testament.

The Book of Jubilees, or the Little Genesis. Translated from the Ethiopic Text

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The Book of Jubilees, or the Little Genesis. Translated from the Ethiopic Text
R.H. Charles
Manufacturer: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GLT58Q

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Book of Jubilees or the Little Genesis
Robert Henry Charles
Manufacturer: DEEP BOOKS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K3Y3ZK

THE BOOK OF JUBILEES OR THE LITTLE GENESIS: Translated from the Editor's Ethiopic Text and Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Indices

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THE BOOK OF JUBILEES OR THE LITTLE GENESIS: Translated from the Editor's Ethiopic Text and Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Indices

Manufacturer: Adam & Charles Black
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HBVAKG

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Book of Jubilees: The Little Genesis

Manufacturer: Reprint Services Corp
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0317900307

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