Thursday, 4 October 2018 - The English version of Amaral's book, "The Truth of the Lie", may be published, soon, in UK

by Guest 03.10.18 19:36

The English version of Amaral's book, "The Truth of the Lie", may be published, soon, in UK

After the sentence of the Portuguese Supreme Court that acquitted Gonçalo Amaral and overruled a previous sentence, from a lower level court, banning the sales of the book in Portugal, a few British publishers showed interest in printing a English version of “The Truth of the Lie”, for sale in UK and contacted several Portuguese lawyers, in order to have more details about the sentence, sources from the Portuguese legal area told MMDB (Madeleine McCann Disappearance Blog).

We asked Gonçalo Amaral if he had received any contact from any British publisher about a possible publication of “The truth of the Lie” in UK, but he refused to comment. According to our sources, the fact that the sentence of Portuguese Supreme Court quoted the European Convention of Human Rights [which the European Court of Human Rights is in charge of upholding] and made references about rulings of that Court, in cases of conflict between privacy rights and Freedom of Expression, may have been some kind of turning point for those publishers, who see it as a “green light” to go on with a UK edition of “The Truth of the Lie”.

The Portuguese Supreme Court, in its ruling, decided hat there was no defamatory content in Amaral's book, just a factual description of the first 5 months of investigation into Maddie's disappearance, with most facts having been already made public, through the Portuguese Media. Gonçalo Amaral was just exercising his legitimate, legal and fundamental right to Freedom of Expression, as stated in the European Convention on Human Rights, the Portuguese Supreme Court considered.

Those British publishers expect to be taken to court by the McCann, if they go on with the publication but, as one of them mentioned to a Portuguese lawyer, they consider they have another strong defense argument, to add to the sentence of Portuguese Supreme Court: the so-called “Spycatcher Case”, when the British government tried to stop the publication of the memories of Peter Wright, a former M.I.5 agent. The book was published in Australia but the British Government banned it in England. However, “Spycatcher” was on sale on Scotland, as British courts had no jurisdiction there.

The Government also issued “gag orders” to all British newspapers, to avoid the publication of reports, reviews or excerpts of the book. At the time, the prestigious “The Economist” run a blank page with a boxed explanation:

“In all but one country, our readers have on this page a review of 'Spycatcher,' a book by an ex-M.I.5-man, Peter Wright. The exception is Britain, where the book, and comment on it, have been banned. For our 420,000 readers there, this page is blank – and the law is an ass.”

The book was cleared for legitimate sale on 1988, when the Law Lords acknowledged that overseas publication meant it contained no secrets, according to Wikipedia. But Wright was barred from receiving royalties from the sale of the book in the United Kingdom. In November 1991, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the British government had breached the European Convention of Human Rights in gagging its own newspapers.

https://gazetadigitalmadeleinecase.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-english-version-of-amarals-book.html

by **Jill Havern** 03.10.18 19:50

Excellent news Paulo!

PeterMac told me that the Portuguese version is already back on sale and he's bought his solidarity copy.

I will do the same so I can have both versions.

http://maddie-laverdaddelamentira.blogspot.com/ <<< that link doesn't seem to work.

Any ideas Paulo?

by Guest 03.10.18 19:55

Jill Havern wrote:Excellent news Paulo!

PeterMac told me that the Portuguese version is already back on sale and he's bought his solidarity copy.

I will do the same so I can have both versions.

http://maddie-laverdaddelamentira.blogspot.com/

The publisher, "Guerra & Paz", printed 12 editions, 5.000 copies each one... It's a huge number, for a small market like Portugal...

by **Jill Havern** 03.10.18 20:04

Where can I buy it Paulo? That link I posted above doesn't seem to work.

by Guest 03.10.18 20:15

Jill Havern wrote:Where can I buy it Paulo? That link I posted above doesn't seem to work.

Can buy it here:

https://www.guerraepaz.pt/nao-ficcao/151-maddie-a-verdade-da-mentira.html

https://www.fnac.pt/Maddie-A-Verdade-da-Mentira-AMARAL-GONCALO/a223131#

https://www.bertrand.pt/livro/maddie-goncalo-amaral/215274

https://www.wook.pt/livro/maddie-goncalo-amaral/215274

by Guest 03.10.18 20:23

pjcvreis wrote:
Jill Havern wrote:Where can I buy it Paulo? That link I posted above doesn't seem to work.

Can buy it here:

https://www.guerraepaz.pt/nao-ficcao/151-maddie-a-verdade-da-mentira.html

https://www.fnac.pt/Maddie-A-Verdade-da-Mentira-AMARAL-GONCALO/a223131#

https://www.bertrand.pt/livro/maddie-goncalo-amaral/215274

https://www.wook.pt/livro/maddie-goncalo-amaral/215274

"Guerra & Paz", "Bertrand", "Wook" and "FNAC" are the best online bookstores in Portugal, can find everything there. Soon, "A Guerra dos McCann" ["The McCann War"] will be there also....Before Christmas, for sure!

by Verdi 03.10.18 22:06

What? Not amazon.co.uk? big grin

by **Jill Havern** 03.10.18 22:07

I don't know if anyone else has tried to buy this book from the UK?

It's not easy!

by **Jill Havern** 03.10.18 22:43

I've finally had an email from the publisher thanking me for creating a client account, but it would seem my purchase was not successful - there are now two books in my 'cart'.

Is Carter-Ruck lurking again?

Payment declined thinking

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by **Jill Havern** 03.10.18 23:06

Shoot... now it looks like I've bought 4 books blushing1

Does anybody want to buy a brand new 'used' copy of the Portuguese version of 'The Truth of the Lie'? I should get them in around 20 days time.
Three available. Perfect condition... big grin

It works anyway! Eventually...!

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by Guest 04.10.18 7:42

Verdi wrote:What? Not amazon.co.uk?

Well, i said in Portugal, not in the world..

by Guest 04.10.18 7:46

Jill Havern wrote:Shoot... now it looks like I've bought 4 books

Does anybody want to buy a brand new 'used' copy of the Portuguese version of 'The Truth of the Lie'? I should get them in around 20 days time.
Three available. Perfect condition...

It works anyway! Eventually...!

it worked? if there is any problem with "Guerra & Paz site, just tell me, i know the boss, we grew up together, in the same street, in Luanda, Angola...

by **Jill Havern** 04.10.18 10:00

pjcvreis wrote:it worked? if there is any problem with "Guerra & Paz site, just tell me, i know the boss, we grew up together, in the same street, in Luanda, Angola...

I don't know why my payment was declined the first time. I don't know how I managed to get 2 books in my cart the first time, then 4 books the second time. But as I had two emails confirming purchase I can only assume I bought the same purchase twice somehow.

The main difficulty was finding how to make an order from the UK - all I could find was US states so, obviously, it wouldn't accept my postcode.

But when I went back to the beginning I could then find Europe, but still couldn't find the United Kingdom but finally found Reino Unido with the help of Google Translate thumbsup

In fact, I had to use Google Translate to help me understand the whole form - it's not the problem of the 'Guerra & Paz' site, just the non-Portuguese speaking customer!

But job done, book(s) ordered for solidarity purpose, and I look forward to the English version which I will also buy.

Best wishes Gonçalo, and I hope all those who donated to your legal fund will also buy your book for solidarity purposes singlerose

4 books = £21.54

by Guest 04.10.18 10:52

Jill Havern wrote:
pjcvreis wrote:it worked? if there is any problem with "Guerra & Paz site, just tell me, i know the boss, we grew up together, in the same street, in Luanda, Angola...
I don't know why my payment was declined the first time. I don't know how I managed to get 2 books in my cart the first time, then 4 books the second time. But as I had two emails confirming purchase I can only assume I bought the same purchase twice somehow.

The main difficulty was finding how to make an order from the UK - all I could find was US states so, obviously, it wouldn't accept my postcode.

But when I went back to the beginning I could then find Europe, but still couldn't find the United Kingdom but finally found Reino Unido with the help of Google Translate

In fact, I had to use Google Translate to help me understand the whole form - it's not the problem of the 'Guerra & Paz' site, just the non-Portuguese speaking customer!

But job done, book(s) ordered for solidarity purpose, and I look forward to the English version which I will also buy.

Best wishes Gonçalo

If it's ok, fine. If you want the correct the situation and get a refund for the books you got in excess, just tell me and send me the code numbers of your acquisition, I'll talk with Manuel Fonseca, the owner of "Guerra & Paz" and ask him to have the books back and send you a refund.

Anyway, you gave me one idea...I will talk with Manuel Fonseca and suggest two things: to create, in the website of "Guerra & Paz", a page in English to make it easier for English speaking people to buy "A Verdade da Mentira". I will also talk with GA and Manuel Fonseca and suggest them to do a E-book from "A Verdade da Mentira", for sale in "Guerra & Paz" website, for British readers. With a E-book, you just need a few software tricks (I know a couple of them, can "teach" you..) to transfer a E-book to a Word file and, at least, "google" a reasonable translation...

by **Jill Havern** 04.10.18 11:15

pjcvreis wrote:
Jill Havern wrote:
pjcvreis wrote:it worked? if there is any problem with "Guerra & Paz site, just tell me, i know the boss, we grew up together, in the same street, in Luanda, Angola...
I don't know why my payment was declined the first time. I don't know how I managed to get 2 books in my cart the first time, then 4 books the second time. But as I had two emails confirming purchase I can only assume I bought the same purchase twice somehow.

The main difficulty was finding how to make an order from the UK - all I could find was US states so, obviously, it wouldn't accept my postcode.

But when I went back to the beginning I could then find Europe, but still couldn't find the United Kingdom but finally found Reino Unido with the help of Google Translate

In fact, I had to use Google Translate to help me understand the whole form - it's not the problem of the 'Guerra & Paz' site, just the non-Portuguese speaking customer!

But job done, book(s) ordered for solidarity purpose, and I look forward to the English version which I will also buy.

Best wishes Gonçalo
If it's ok, fine. If you want the correct the situation and get a refund for the books you got in excess, just tell me and send me the code numbers of your acquisition, I'll talk with Manuel Fonseca, the owner of "Guerra & Paz" and ask him to have the books back and send you a refund.

Anyway, you gave me one idea...I will talk with Manuel Fonseca and suggest two things: to create, in the website of "Guerra & Paz", a page in English to make it easier for English speaking people to buy "A Verdade da Mentira". I will also talk with GA and Manuel Fonseca and suggest them to do a E-book from "A Verdade da Mentira", for sale in "Guerra & Paz" website, for British readers. With a E-book, you just need a few software tricks (I know a couple of them, can "teach" you..) to transfer a E-book to a Word file and, at least, "google" a reasonable translation...

No, it's perfectly fine thank you Paulo, I don't want a refund.

An English page would be very useful for other people to buy their solidarity copy.

Don't forget, Anna Sylvestro has already done an English translation which is widely available on the internet aswell as this forum. https://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t1719-maddie-the-truth-about-the-lie-foreword-the-forbidden-investigation

by willowthewisp 04.10.18 12:06

Clarence!!!!!

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