A Twisted Root: Ancestral Entanglements in Ireland

by Patricia Craig

A beautifully written Irish memoir about an extraordinary family.

From the author's great-grandmother Katherine Rose, who made her way from Stratford-upon-Avon to Lisburn as part of the Plantation of Ulster, and her forebear William Blacker, who founded the Orange Order, to her great-uncles Frank, Matt, Gerry and Jimmy Tipping, who were all active in nationalism in the 1920s, this astonishing cast of characters brings Irish history to life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0856409049
• ISBN13: 9780856409042
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Blackstaff Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.4"