Overview
Through sources ranging from ancient forsundun (praise songs) and the hero kings to newspaper accounts, public decrees, and even graffiti, this book offers vivid portraits of major events and everyday life in Ireland through the centuries-beginning with Golamh, the legendary leader of the band of Iberian Celts who settled the island more than three thousand years ago, and concluding with gripping accounts by those on both sides of the bloody civil conflict in Northern Ireland.
Full Product Details
Author: Peter Berresford Ellis
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.60cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.70cm
Weight: 0.380kg
ISBN: 9780470053126
ISBN 10: 0470053127
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 02 March 2007
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
A gold mine of information. --The Herald (Glasgow) What an invaluable collection! [Ellis] gently guides readers through the centuries, but allows the eyewitnesses to tell their own stories. And they are riveting. --Terry Golway, author of For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes A powerful, expansive, and compelling compendium of the eyewitness in Irish history. This volume does full justice to [Ellis's] reputation as a prodigious researcher and judicial commentator on the great sweep of Irish history. --Dr. Ruan O'Donnell, History Department, University of Limerick
"""A gold mine of information."" -The Herald (Glasgow) ""What an invaluable collection! [Ellis] gently guides readers through the centuries, but allows the eyewitnesses to tell their own stories. And they are riveting."" --Terry Golway, author of For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes ""A powerful, expansive, and compelling compendium of the eyewitness in Irish history. This volume does full justice to [Ellis's] reputation as a prodigious researcher and judicial commentator on the great sweep of Irish history."" --Dr. Ruan O'Donnell, History Department, University of Limerick"
"""A gold mine of information."" -The Herald (Glasgow) ""What an invaluable collection! [Ellis] gently guides readers through the centuries, but allows the eyewitnesses to tell their own stories. And they are riveting."" --Terry Golway, author of For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes ""A powerful, expansive, and compelling compendium of the eyewitness in Irish history. This volume does full justice to [Ellis's] reputation as a prodigious researcher and judicial commentator on the great sweep of Irish history."" --Dr. Ruan O'Donnell, History Department, University of Limerick ""A gold mine of information."" --The Herald (Glasgow) ""What an invaluable collection! [Ellis] gently guides readers through the centuries, but allows the eyewitnesses to tell their own stories. And they are riveting."" --Terry Golway, author of For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes ""A powerful, expansive, and compelling compendium of the eyewitness in Irish history. This volume does full justice to [Ellis's] reputation as a prodigious researcher and judicial commentator on the great sweep of Irish history."" --Dr. Ruan O'Donnell, History Department, University of Limerick"
Author Information
"PETER BERRESFORD ELLIS, ""the pre-eminent Celtic scholar now writing"" (Times Educational Supplement), is the author of many notable Irish histories, including The Celts: A History. Under the pseudonym of Peter Tremayne, he is best known for his internationally bestselling Sister Fidelma mystery series set in seventh-century Ireland."
