In Britain, J. G. Farrell's novels Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip, written during the 1970s, are important texts dealing with the collapse of the British Empire.

He has introduced new editions of Rudyard Kipling's Kim ( Modern Library ), E. M. Forster's A Passage to India ( Penguin Classics ), and J. G. Farrell's The Siege of Krishnapur ( NYRB Classics ).

Farrell's next book The Siege of Krishnapur and his last completed work The Singapore Grip both continue his story of the collapse of British colonial power.

The protagonist of Farrell's unfinished novel, The Hill Station, is Dr McNab, introduced in The Siege of Krishnapur ; this novel and its accompanying notes make the series a quartet.

" In J. G. Farrell's Booker Prize winner, The Siege of Krishnapur, the haunted Padre refers to a particularly dangerous crossing thus: " The Padre was looking more haggard and wild-eyed than ever.

In October 2011, the new Premier Barry O ' Farrell announced that the Governor, now Marie Bashir, had agreed with O ' Farrell's offer to move back into Government House: " A lot of people believe the Governor should live at Government House.

In early May 2007, bassist Peter Hook was interviewed by British radio station XFM – originally to talk about his contribution to the debut album of former Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell's new band Satellite Party saying that "[...] me and Bernard aren't working together.

He also contributed to Perry Farrell's Satellite Party.

* Warren Farrell vs. Susan Faludi Critical examination of the differences and similarities of Faludi's " Stiffed " and Farrell's " Women Can ’ t Hear What Men Don ’ t Say "

Farrell's claims on gender relations have attracted the interest of English academic Rory Ridley-Duff, who has integrated Farrell's perspectives into curriculum materials, academic papers and a book and developed Attraction Theory to capture the gendering dynamics implicit in Farrell's work.

However, in October 2011, the new Premier Barry O ' Farrell announced that the Bashir had agreed with O ' Farrell's offer to move back into Government House: " A lot of people believe the Governor should live at Government House.

Farrell's big break came in 1975 when Wayne Rogers unexpectedly departed M * A * S * H at the end of the third season.

* James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan

Jane's Addiction formed out of the remains of frontman Perry Farrell's previous band, Psi Com.

Farrell and Avery bonded over a mutual appreciation for Joy Division and The Velvet Underground and began to practice together, even though Avery never did become a full-fledged member of Farrell's disintegrating group.

The new band was dubbed " Jane's Addiction " in honor of Farrell's housemate, Jane Bainter, who was addicted to drugs.

431, Nov. 8, 1997 ), Farrell's addiction to drugs had become more serious.

The new lineup of Jane's Addiction made their debut, performing at singer Perry Farrell's 51st birthday celebration, at Les Deux in Los Angeles, California on March 30.

After his escorts quarrel after killing Farrell, Jim manages to escape and notices the contrail of a jet aircraft flying high overhead, which largely confirms Farrell's theory.

Farrell's next American films, American Outlaws ( 2001 ) and Hart's War ( 2002 ), were not commercially successful, but his 2003 films, including Phone Booth, S. W. A. T., and The Recruit, the latter his first starring role, were well-received as well as box office successes.

" Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times criticized Farrell's accent, writing that he " employ a wobbly American accent that makes him sound like an international criminal a step ahead of the authorities.

Farrell's next film was 2005's Academy Award-nominated The New World, another historical epic.

2006 brought more success in Farrell's career, as he appeared opposite Jamie Foxx in Michael Mann's action-crime film Miami Vice.

Farrell's next film, Martin McDonagh's first full-length feature In Bruges, which Time called " the prettiest bloodbath of 2008 ," opened the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

* J. G. Farrell: Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur ( 1973 Booker Prize Winner ) and The Singapore Grip

* J. G. Farrell ; The Siege of Krishnapur

* Booker Prize: J. G. Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur

J. G. Farrell won the award twice for his novels Troubles and The Siege of Krishnapur ( published in 1970 and 1973, respectively ).

The Siege of Krishnapur.

* The Siege of Krishnapur, by J. G. Farrell ; introduction by Pankaj Mishra ( NYRB Books, 2004 )

O ' Neill lists as his favourite books: Ulysses, by James Joyce, The Last of the Wine, by Mary Renault, Hadrian the Seventh, by Frederick Rolfe ( Frederick Baron Corvo ), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon, The Leopard, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Siege of Krishnapur, by J. G. Farrell, One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez, The Third Policeman, by Flann O ' Brien, The Swimming Pool Library, by Alan Hollinghurst, and The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt.

Farrell gained prominence for his historical fiction, most notably his Empire Trilogy ( Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip ), dealing with the political and human consequences of British colonial rule.

The Siege of Krishnapur won the 1973 Booker Prize.

When The Siege of Krishnapur won the Booker Prize in 1973, Farrell used his acceptance speech to attack the sponsors, the Booker Group, for their business involvement in the agricultural sector in the Third World .< ref >

The same month that Alastor was published, Murray sold twenty thousand copies of The Siege Of Corinth, a slovenly bit of Byronism that even Shelley's generosity rebelled at.

To the west, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River after the Battle of Shiloh ( April 1862 ) and Siege of Vicksburg, splitting the Confederacy in two and destroying much of their western army.

He fought several battles of attrition against Lee through the Overland Campaign to seize Richmond, though in the face of fierce resistance he altered his plans and led the Siege of Petersburg which nearly finished off the rest of Lee's army.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.

* 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: the city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.

* Thomas Patten from Dooega died fighting Francisco Franco's fascist forces during the Siege of Madrid in December 1936.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.

* 1897 – Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states adjacent to India's North West Frontier Province.

* 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

* 1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.

* 1916 – World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.

* 718 – Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.

* 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks – the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.

Kilij Arslan II invaded the empire in AD 1182, defeating the Byzantines at the Siege of Cotyaeum resulting in the Byzantine Empire losing Cotyaeum and Sozopolis.

* 1812 – Peninsula War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.

Alfred at once hurried westward and raised the Siege of Exeter.

King Afonso I at the Siege of Lisbon.

At the Siege of Bayonne in October 1131, three years before his death, he published a will leaving his kingdom to three autonomous religious orders based in Palestine and politically largely independent on the pope, the Knights Templars, the Hospitallers, and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, whose influences might have been expected to cancel one another out.

During the lifetime of Muhammad, he was involved in several campaigns such as the Battle of Uhud, the Battle of the Trench, the Invasion of Banu Qurayza, Battle of Khaybar, the Conquest of Mecca, the Battle of Hunayn, the Siege of Ta ' if, and the Battle of Tabuk where he was reported to have given all of his wealth for the preparation of this expedition.

* 1865 – American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken – Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.

* 537 – Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1, 600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen.

* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions.

* 1992 – The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić on the Vrbanja Bridge.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.