A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes

by Jonathan Bardon

Book Overview

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 dueling; an emigrant voyage;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0717146499
• ISBN13: 9780717146499
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Gill Books
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"