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1916by Morgan LlywelynISBN 0812574923 (0-8125-7492-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '1916'Book summary:Out of the mists of the country's most violent age, Brian Boru emerged to lead his people to the peak of their golden era. Set against the barbaric splendors of the tenth century, this story is rich in truth and legend -- in which friends become deadly enemies, bedrooms turn into battlefields, and dreams of glory are finally fulfilled.
"A royal read ... without a misstep and with touching beauty". -- The Washington Post
"A rousing story...something to enjoy on a cold night by the fireplace with your goblet of mead or strong ale". -- Boston Sunday Globe
"Rich panoramic ... one of the most exciting periods of Irish history". -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A spellbinding tale that evokes Ireland's misty hills and tumultuous history with style and passion". -- Library Journal [via]
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Angela's Ashesby Frank McCourtISBN 156895963X (1-56895-963-X)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angela's Ashes'Book summary:"When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. People everywhere brag or whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious father; the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire; pompous priests; bullying shcoolmasters; the English and the terrible things they did to us for eight hundred long years. Above all we were wet!" So begins Frank McCourt's stunning memoir of his childhood in Ireland and America, a recollection of unvarnished truth and no self pity, of grinding poverty and indomitable spirit that will live in the memory long after the tape has ended. Now a major film directed by Alan Parker and starring Robert Carlyle and Emily Watson. [via]
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- Angela's Ashes: ISBN 1568953968 (1-56895-396-8)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc - Angela's Ashes: ISBN 068484267X (0-684-84267-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Angela's Ashes : A Memoir: ISBN 068487217X (0-684-87217-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Angela's Ashes: ISBN 0684874350 (0-684-87435-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Angela's Ashes: ISBN 0684843137 (0-684-84313-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Angela's Ashes: ISBN 0684872153 (0-684-87215-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Angela's Ashes: ISBN 156895963X (1-56895-963-X)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
- Angela's Ashes: ISBN 1568953968 (1-56895-396-8)
Belfast Diaryby KingfisherISBN 0807002054 (0-8070-0205-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Belfast Diary: War As a Way of Lifeby John ConroyISBN 0807002178 (0-8070-0217-8)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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Book of Irelandby Frank O'ConnorISBN 0006126286 (0-00-612628-6)
Hardcover, Fontana
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Charles Stewart Parnellby F. S. L. LyonsISBN 0002116820 (0-00-211682-0)
Hardcover, Collins
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The Course of Irish Historyby Moody, F. X. Martin, T. W. MoodyISBN 1589790022 (1-58979-002-2)
Softcover, Roberts Rinehart Madison
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Course of Irish History'Book summary:Much Irish history is written as a matter of heroes and leaders, of great personalities and sweeping events. T. W. Moody and F. X. Martin's collection of essays by leading historians offers all those things, but it takes the land itself as its starting point. Ireland, they write, has always been poor because of its ungiving soil; always isolated because of its ring of imposing mountains and steep hills--but always open to invasion from the east across the calm, narrow Irish Sea, because of which, they write, "our present-day laws and institutions have their origins in England." While taking a long view of events, they manage to compress thousands of years of history into this fact-filled, highly readable book. [via]
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- The Course of Irish History: ISBN 1856353702 (1-85635-370-2)
Hardcover, Irish Books & Media - The Course of Irish History: ISBN 1568331754 (1-56833-175-4)
Softcover, Natl Book Network - The Course of Irish History: ISBN 1570980152 (1-57098-015-2)
Softcover, Roberts Rinehart Pub - The Course of Irish History: ISBN 0853427100 (0-85342-710-0)
Softcover, Published in association with Radio Telefis Eireann by The Mercier Press - The Course of Irish History: ISBN 0853427151 (0-85342-715-1)
Hardcover, Published in association with Radio Telefis Eireann by The Mercier Press - The Course of Irish History: ISBN 1589790022 (1-58979-002-2)
Softcover, Roberts Rinehart Madison
- The Course of Irish History: ISBN 1856353702 (1-85635-370-2)
The Flowering of Ireland: Saints, Scholars, and Kingsby Katharine SchermanISBN 0316772844 (0-316-77284-4)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Great Hungerby Cecil Blanche Woodham SmithISBN 014014515X (0-14-014515-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Hunger'Book summary:The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British 'obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance' - and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire 'solutions' - largely caused the disaster and prevented any serious efforts to relieve suffering. The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. In this vivid and disturbing book, Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account. 'A moving and terrible book. It combines great literary power with great learning. It explains much in modern Ireland - and in modern America' - D.W. Brogan. [via]
The Great Shame: A Story of the Irish in the Old World and the Newby Thomas KeneallyISBN 0091837367 (0-09-183736-7)
Hardcover, Random House
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The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking Worldby Thomas KeneallyISBN 0385720262 (0-385-72026-2)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Home Rule: An Irish History, 1800-2000by Alvin JacksonISBN 1842127241 (1-84212-724-1)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europeby Thomas CahillISBN 0385418493 (0-385-41849-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe'Book summary:In this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known "hinge" of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the "island of saints and scholars," the Ireland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells. Here, far from the barbarian despoliation of the continent, monks and scribes laboriously, lovingly, even playfully preserved the West's written treasury. When stability returned in Europe, these Irish scholars were instrumental in spreading learning, becoming not only the conservators of civilization, but also the shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique stamp on Western culture. [via]
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- How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe: ISBN 0385418485 (0-385-41848-5)
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I.R.A.by Tim Pat CooganISBN 0006359329 (0-00-635932-9)
Softcover, Fontana
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The Ira: A Historyby Tim Pat CooganISBN 1879373998 (1-879373-99-8)
Softcover, Roberts Rinehart Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ira: A History'Book summary:An expert on Irish affairs presents an in-depth history of the Irish Republican Army, discussing the historical origins of contemporary issues, its role in the 1916 rebellion, and its modern-day activities. 25,000 first printing. Tour. [via]
Ira History: A Historyby Tim CooganISBN 0517139723 (0-517-13972-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Ireland: A Historyby Robert KeeISBN 0349116768 (0-349-11676-8)
Softcover, Abacus
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ireland: A History'Book summary:[via]Revised and updated, Robert Kee's book is an introduction to the fascinating history that has made modern Ireland, and a thought-provoking examination of how past facts have bred present myths.More editions of Ireland: A History:
- Ireland : A History: ISBN 0349106789 (0-349-10678-9)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited - Ireland, a History: ISBN 0297778552 (0-297-77855-2)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson - Ireland: A History: ISBN 0316485063 (0-316-48506-3)
Hardcover, Book Sales - Ireland: A History: ISBN 0349116768 (0-349-11676-8)
Softcover, Abacus
- Ireland : A History: ISBN 0349106789 (0-349-10678-9)
Ireland since the Famineby F. S. L. LyonsISBN 0006332005 (0-00-633200-5)
Hardcover, Fontana
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Ireland, 1912-1985: Politics and Societyby Joseph J. LeeISBN 0521377412 (0-521-37741-2)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Killing Rageby Eamon Collins, Mick McGovernISBN 1862070474 (1-86207-047-4)
Softcover, Granta Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Killing Rage'Book summary:Eamon Collins never pulled a trigger for the Irish Republican Army. But he helped organize several hits--some "successful," others not. Upon joining the IRA, he was warned that "in all probability, [he] would end up on the run, in prison, or dead." Collins would end up all three: after a bombing attack--in which he had played no part--he was arrested, and after five days of punishing interrogation, agreed to turn informer. Changes of heart eventually led him to recant his confessions, and he was sent to prison. Upon his release, the IRA forced him into exile "outside the war zone." As time passed, he returned to his family home and tried to move on. In 1995 Collins appeared on British television to tell the story of his life in the IRA.
Killing Rage presents his story in fuller detail, allowing Collins to try to explain "why a segment of people within the Catholic population believed that the best way to redress their grievances was through violence." Collins also painted an unsavory portrait of the IRA--while showing their Protestant counterparts in an equally unflattering light.
In his introduction, Collins admits he is sorry about the deaths he caused:
But my sorrow is not enough.... By exposing myself to the anger of my former comrades and the families of my victims, I wanted to show that I had thought long and hard about what had happened and that it is possible to become a different person--as we all have to become different people if we are to live together in Northern Ireland without political violence.
Killing Rage, however, clearly reopened old wounds. Collins was found murdered on January 28, 1999. --Sunny Delaney [via]-
Las Cenizas De Angela: Una Memoria/Angela's Ashes a Memoirby Frank McCourtISBN 846630665X (84-663-0665-X)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Laurel & Ivy: The Story of Charles Stewart Parnell an Irish Nationalismby Robert KeeISBN 0140239626 (0-14-023962-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Man Who Made Irelandby Tim CooganISBN 0517139731 (0-517-13973-1)
Softcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Man Who Made Ireland: The Life and Death of Michael Collinsby Tim Pat CooganISBN 1879373718 (1-879373-71-8)
Softcover, Roberts Rinehart Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Made Ireland: The Life and Death of Michael Collins'Book summary:A biography of the Irish nationalist credited with liberating southern Ireland from British occupation discusses Collins's role as Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Army, his devotion to the cause, and his undermining of British Intelligence. [via]
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Michael Collins: A Biographyby Tim Pat CooganISBN 0312295111 (0-312-29511-1)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Michael Collins: A Biography'Book summary:When the Irish nationalist Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he observed to Lord Birkenhead that he may have signed his own death warrant. In August 1922 that prophecy came true when Collins was ambushed, shot and killed by a compatriot, but his vision and legacy lived on. Tim Pat Coogan's biography presents the life of a man whose idealistic vigor and determination were matched by his political realism and organizational abilities. This is the classic biography of the man who created modern Ireland.
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Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Irelandby Tim Pat CooganISBN 1570980756 (1-57098-075-6)
Softcover, Denver Museum of
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland'Book summary:This definitive portrait of the life and times of the legendary man who ended Ireland's eight-century struggle for independence illustriously illuminates Irish nationalist Michael Collins--the man whose name is still synonymous with the ongoing struggle for Irish independence. 63 photos. (Reissue) [via]
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Modern Ireland, 1600-1972by R. F. FosterISBN 0140132503 (0-14-013250-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Modern Ireland, 1600-1972'Book summary:This survey of the history of modern Ireland begins in 1600, with the end of the Elizabethan wars and the establishment of the Ulster plantation, and ends in 1972, the year in which the Republic joined the EEC and the Stormont parliament in Northern Ireland was suspended. Social, cultural and economic factors are given as much prominence as politics, and there are thematic chapters on such topics as emigration, colonization and ascendency culture. The author incorporates the controversies and conclusions which have emerged over the last 25 years and also presents his own personal view of the emergence of modern Ireland during the last three centuries. R.F.Foster is author of "Charles Stewart Parnell: The Man and His Family" and "Lord Randolph Churchill: A Political Life". [via]
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On Another Man's Woundby Ernie O'MalleyISBN 1901737373 (1-901737-37-3)
Softcover, Anvil Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Another Man's Wound'Book summary:More than any other book of the period, On Another Man's Wound captures the feel of Irelandthe way people lived, their attitudes and beliefsand paints brilliant cameo sketches of the great personalities of the Rising and the War. Like many of the Irish, O'Malley was largely indifferent to the attempts to establish an independent Irelanduntil the Easter Rising of 1916. As the fight progressed his feelings changed and he joined the Irish Republican Army. [via]
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On Another Man's Wound: A Personal History of Ireland's War of Independenceby Ernie O'MalleyISBN 1570982775 (1-57098-277-5)
Softcover, Denver Museum of
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The Oxford Companion to Irish Historyby S. J. ConnollyISBN 0198662408 (0-19-866240-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to Irish History'Book summary:The Oxford Companion to Irish History offers a radically new and eminently readable introduction to all aspects of the history of this fascinating and complex land. Written by a team of 87 specialists, its 1,800 entries explore Irish history from earliest times to the recent past. Key figures and events are re-evaluated in the light of recent research, while emerging areas of scholarship, such as women's history and public health, are discussed in depth. Many entries focus on enduring themes of Irish history, including nationalism, unionism, and Catholicism, breaking away from a purely chronological approach to examine the contexts and traditions that underpin Irish identity.
In a field bedeviled by controversy, The Oxford Companion to Irish History offers a reference that is both authoritative and innovative. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to Irish History:
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Irelandby R. F. FosterISBN 0192893238 (0-19-289323-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland'Book summary:Few countries have such a compelling and stirring history as Ireland. This sumptuously illustrated volume captures all of the color of the Emerald Isle, from the earliest prehistoric communities and the first Christian settlements, through centuries of turbulent change and creativity, to the present day. Written by an expert team of scholars--all of whom are Native to Ireland--this book offers the most authoritative account of Irish history yet published for the general reader.
Unlike most single-volume histories which tend toward oversimplification, this book emphasizes the paradoxes and ambiguities of Irish history, presenting a more realistic picture. It explores, for example, the reasons behind the intense regional variations in agriculture, prosperity, and political affiliation in so small a land, and show why Victorian norms prevail in certain areas of twentieth-century Irish life. It also examines more familiar themes, such as the shifting patterns of settlement and colonization, the recurrent religious strife, and the establishment of new political entities. And in a special section, it investigates the interaction between Irish history and literature, demonstrating how the importance of language to everyday Irish life has engendered a body of fiction that is virtually a history of Ireland itself.
With over two hundred photographs, a variety of helpful maps, and twenty-four beautiful color plates, The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland brings to life the conflicts, settlements, and traditions that constitute Irish history. Wide-ranging and highly readable, this vivid view of Ireland will entertain and inform anyone interested in this fascinating and colorful island nation. [via]More editions of The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland:
- The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland: ISBN 0192852450 (0-19-285245-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland: ISBN 0198229704 (0-19-822970-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland: ISBN 0192893238 (0-19-289323-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
- The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland: ISBN 0192852450 (0-19-285245-0)
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Peace by Ordeal: An Account, from First-Hand Sources of the Negotiation and Signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921by Great Britain, Frank Pakenham LongfordISBN 0283979089 (0-283-97908-9)
Hardcover, Sidgwick and Jackson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peace by Ordeal: An Account, from First-Hand Sources of the Negotiation and Signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921'Book summary:Peace By Ordeal is vital for a proper understanding of the state of Ireland today (1972). It was first published in 1935 and this new edition has an Introduction by Lord Longford bringing the book up to date in the light of research. [via]
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Peace by Ordeal: The Negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921by Frank PakenhamISBN 0712698353 (0-7126-9835-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Sagaby Edward RutherfurdISBN 0345452453 (0-345-45245-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Rebel Hearts: Journeys Within the Ira's Soulby Kevin ToolisISBN 0312156324 (0-312-15632-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Rebelsby Peter De RosaISBN 0449906825 (0-449-90682-5)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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A Secret History of the Iraby Ed MoloneyISBN 0393325024 (0-393-32502-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strikeby David BeresfordISBN 087113702X (0-87113-702-X)
Softcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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Trinityby Leon UrisISBN 0060827882 (0-06-082788-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trinity'Book summary:The "terrible beauty" that is Ireland comes alive in this mighty epic that re-creates that Emerald's Isle's fierce struggle for independence. Trinity is a saga of glories and defeats, triumphs and tragedies, lived by a young Catholic rebel and the beautiful and valiant Protestant girl who defied her heritage to join him. Leon Uris has painted a masterful portrait of a beleaguered people divided by religion and wealth--impoverished Catholic peasants pitted against a Protestant aristocracy wielding power over life and death. [via]
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The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1996 and the Search for Peaceby Tim Pat CooganISBN 1570980926 (1-57098-092-6)
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The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal, 1966-1995, and the Search for Peaceby Tim Pat CooganISBN 0091791464 (0-09-179146-4)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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Wars of the Irish Kings: A Thousand Years of Struggle, from the Age of Myth Through the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Iby David McCulloughISBN 0609809075 (0-609-80907-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wars of the Irish Kings: A Thousand Years of Struggle, from the Age of Myth Through the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I'Book summary:For the first thousand years of its history, Ireland was shaped by its monasteries and its wars. The artistic flourishing of the monasteries has received a good deal of attention, but the violent and varied wars have in recent years gone unremembered. In Wars of the Irish Kings, David Willis McCullough has turned back to the earliest accounts of these struggles to present a rich tapestry of Ireland's fight for its identity.
Beginning with the legends of ancient wars and warriors, moving through a time when history and storytelling were not separate crafts, into a time when history was as much propaganda as fact, Wars of the Irish Kings tells of tribal battles, foreign invasions, Viking raids, family feuds, wars between rival Irish kingdoms, and wars of rebellion against the English.
This collection is peopled with familiar names: Cuchulain, Finn MacCool, Brian Boru, Mad King Sweeney, Strongbow, Edward and Robert Bruce, Queen Elizabeth I and Lord Essex, Hugh O'Donnell, and Hugh O'Neill.
Battles formed the legends and history of the land: the Da Dannan meet the Fir Bolgs near Sligo, Brian Boru faces the Vikings at Clontarf in Dublin Bay, High King Rory O'Connor confronts the English invaders near Waterford, O'Briens battle the English (and other O'Briens) at Dysert O'Dea near Limerick, guns are carried for the first time in battle at Knockdoe near Galway, the Bruces from Scotland and their Irish allies overwhelm the English at Connor in Ulster, and Hugh O'Neill ambushes General Bagenal near Armagh. The book ends near Cork in 1601 when the English defeat O'Neill and his Spanish allies at Kinsale.
Common people as well as kings appear in these pages. A foot soldier in the early days of gunpowder accidentally sets off a disastrous explosion, a harper's disembodied head is sent by error to the king of England, who displays it as that of the king of Ireland, and a Welsh camp follower named Alice is given the job of executing Irish captives during the English invasion.
The sources for these stories and many more range from ancient manuscripts telling of mythical battles to a seventeenth-century siege diary. There are excerpts from such Irish literary masterpieces as The Cattle Raid of Cooley (The Tain), the monumental Annals of the Four Masters, passages from Gerald of Wales's account of the English conquest in the twelfth century, pages from an Icelandic saga, and even a blistering letter from Queen Elizabeth I to her inept commander in Ireland ("You do but piece up a hollow peace . . . ").
The result is a surprisingly immediate and stunning portrait of an all-but-forgotten time that forged the Ireland to come. [via]More editions of Wars of the Irish Kings: A Thousand Years of Struggle, from the Age of Myth Through the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I:
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The Year of Liberty:the Story of the Great Irish Rebellion of 1798: The Story of the Great Irish Rebellion of 1798by Thomas PakenhamISBN 0340106409 (0-340-10640-9)
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The Year of Liberty: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798by Thomas PakenhamISBN 0812930886 (0-8129-3088-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Year of Liberty: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798'Book summary:Still stinging from the loss of its American colonies, England in the 1790s suddenly found itself facing a danger next door as Irish revolutionaries, aided by the France of Napoleon Bonaparte, threatened rebellion. At the end of 1796, a French fleet attempted to land thousands of soldiers on the Irish coast with the intent of driving English rule from Ireland, but the plan was ruined by poor planning and worse weather. Within two years, an uprising by a revolutionary group, the United Irishmen, broke out, and Ireland was racked by a summer of widespread fighting, which climaxed when another French force actually landed and fought battles against British troops.
This abridged "bicentennial edition" of Thomas Pakenham's definitive work on the 1798 uprising, The Year of Liberty, tells the story quickly, making good use of contemporary illustrations, including maps and paintings of the fighting as well as reproductions of revolutionary proclamations. What the rebels and their French allies hoped would be a year that would see Ireland set free turned utterly tragic, as both sides committed atrocities and the Marquis Cornwallis, who had surrendered Yorktown to Washington during his service in America, took command of the British forces and tried to restore order. In the end, the French general and his troops surrendered, were treated with honor, and sailed back to France, while the Irish rebels who fought with them were hunted down and slaughtered, and the causes of Catholic emancipation and Irish independence suffered setbacks that would not be overcome for decades. --Robert McNamara [via]
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Cenizas de Angela /Angela's Ashesby Frank McCourtISBN 9700513572 (970-05-1357-2)
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Las Cenizas De Angela: Una Memoria/Angela's Ashes a Memoirby Frank McCourtISBN 0684859335 (0-684-85933-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Las Cenizas De Angela: Una Memoria/Angela's Ashes a Memoir'Book summary:En cada pagina abunda el incomparable sentido del humor y la compasion de Frank McCourt. Con todas las cualidades de una obra clasica, "Las cenizas de Angela" esta ahora disponible en edicion rustica en espanol. Esta autobiografia ganadora del Premio Pulitzer y de gran exito de ventas internatcional trasciende las fronteras culturales y linguisticas con su narracion sobre la infancia, la pobreza y las relaciones familiares. [via]
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