Bowen's Court: Memories of a Dublin Childhood

by Elizabeth Bowen

Book Overview

Bowen's Court describes the history of one Anglo-Irish family in County Cork from the Cromwellian settlement until 1959, when Elizabeth Bowen was forced to sell the family house she loved. Bowen reviews ten generations of her family, representatives of the Protestant Irish gentry whose lives were dominated by property, lawsuits, formidable matriarchs, violent conflicts, hunting, drinking, and self-destructive fantasies.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 009928779X
• ISBN13: 9780099287797
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
• Length: 527 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"