| Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day Contributor(s): Johnson, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0897331230 ISBN-13: 9780897331234 Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: Traces the important social, religious and political developments of Ireland's struggle to become a unified, settled country. Johnson describes with detail Ireland's barbarous beginnings, Oliver Cromwell's religious "crusade, " the tragic Irish potato famine, the Ulster resistance and the outstanding fact of the constant British-Irish connection and the fearful toll of life it exacted. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland |
| Dewey: 941.5 |
| LCCN: 90001067 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.70 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Ireland - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing from a wealth of historical and scholarly sources, Johnson traces the important social, religious and political development of Ireland's struggle to become a unified, settled country. Johnson describes with accurate detail Ireland's barbarous beginnings, Oliver Cromwell's religious "crusade," the tragic Irish potato famine, the Ulster resistance and the outstanding fact of the constant British-Irish connection and the fearful toll of life it exacted. Among the anonymous multitude are famous names such as "Silken Thom" Kildare, Thomas Wentworth, Archbishop Plunkett and Lord Frederick Cavendish. And yet many great men marshaled their energies and wits to settle Ireland: Sir Henry Sidney, Sire Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser, Churchill and others. |