A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes A magisterial survey of Irish history from the end of the ice age to the peace settlement in Northern Ireland.
Full description- Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Published: 15 September 2009
- Format: Paperback 576 pages
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- Categories: British & Irish History
- ISBN 13: 9780717146499 ISBN 10: 0717146499
- Sales rank: 67,376
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Full description for A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes
Jonathan Bardon covers all the obvious things: the invasions, battles, development of towns and cities, the Reformation, the Georgian era, the Famine, rebellions and resistance, the difference of Ulster, partition, the twentieth century. What makes his book so valuable, however, are the quirky subjects he chooses to illustrate how history really works: the great winter freeze of 1740 and the famine that followed; crime and duelling; an emigrant voyage; evictions. These episodes get behind the historical headlines to give a glimpse of past realities that might otherwise be lost to view. The author has retained the original episodic structure of the radio programmes. The result is a marvellous mosaic of the Irish past, delivered with clarity and narrative skill.
