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""This is a compellingly written book... The whole narrative is enriched by local portraits and personal stories. It is a successful example of the very best history-writing; learned, balanced, and thoroughly readable."" Marianne Elliott, Times Literary Supplement ""Tanner's book is astute, well-written, and formidably researched."" Fintan O'Toole, New Republic ""Excellent, readable, controversial, and original."" John Bruton, Daily Telegraph ""Tanner has been able to assemble a mass of information across a vast canvas of Irish history in a very short space."" Irish Independent

This is a compellingly written book... The whole narrative is enriched by local portraits and personal stories. It is a successful example of the very best history-writing; learned, balanced, and thoroughly readable. Marianne Elliott, Times Literary Supplement Tanner's book is astute, well-written, and formidably researched. Fintan O'Toole, New Republic Excellent, readable, controversial, and original. John Bruton, Daily Telegraph Tanner has been able to assemble a mass of information across a vast canvas of Irish history in a very short space. Irish Independent

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Marcus Tanner, formerly assistant foreign editor of the London Independent, is the author of Croatia: A Nation Forged in War (ISBN 0 300 09125 7, pb. [pound]9.99), also published by Yale University Press.

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