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26%OFFEdward Rutherfurd - Ireland: Awakening - 9780099476559 - V9780099476559
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Ireland: Awakening

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Description for Ireland: Awakening Paperback. Presents the story of Ireland from the seventeenth century onwards, picking up at the Reformation, and with it, the devastating arrival of Oliver Cromwell. Set against the backdrop of Irish political history, this title journeys through the centuries right the way up to the twentieth century's Easter Rising and Independence. Num Pages: 944 pages, Illustrations maps. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 43. Weight in Grams: 484.

Following the critically acclaimed success of Dublin, this riveting sequel takes the story of Ireland from the seventeenth century onwards, picking up at the Reformation, and with it, the devastating arrival of Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell heralds the inauguration of two hundred years of Protestant dominance, throughout which many of the Irish people were impoverished and dispossessed. Dublin is made a Protestant capital, and Catholics become an underclass.

Set against the dramatic backdrop of Irish political history, this powerful saga is brought to its conclusion. Journeying through the centuries right the way up to the twentieth century's Easter Rising and ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
944
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099476559
SKU
V9780099476559
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98

About Edward Rutherfurd
Edward Rutherfurd was born in England, in the cathedral city of Salisbury. Educated locally, and at the universities of Cambridge, and Stanford, California, he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing. After numerous attempts to write books and plays, he finally abandoned his career in the book trade in 1983, and returned to his childhood home to write Sarum. Four ... Read more

Reviews for Ireland: Awakening
The author bounds excitingly through Irish history...there is much action, some grinding poverty and violence, and an excitement that Rutherford keeps racing through 863 pages. His fictional characters become as vivid as the real life Irish heroes who stride the plot-cum-history
Daily Express
This is historical fiction and family saga on a grand scale
The Good Book ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Ireland: Awakening


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