| Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland (Paperback) Contributor(s): McCourt, Malachy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0762431814 ISBN-13: 9780762431816 Publisher: Running Press Adult OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: McCourt proves an irresistible guide on this vivid tour through the colorful and turbulent history of the Emerald Isle. He also offers fresh insights on the countrys cultural contributions to folklore, literature, art, music, and cuisine. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - History | Social History - Travel | Europe - Ireland |
| Dewey: 941.5 |
| LCCN: 2003114585 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: New York Times bestselling author Malachy McCourt offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian times to the present, told with Irish flair by the gifted storyteller. The pages are populated with figures from myth, history, and the present-from Saint Patrick to Oliver Cromwell, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Charles Parnell to Sinead O'Connor and Bono. Some beloved, some controversial-each influenced the course of Irish and world history. While McCourt vividly describes Ireland's turbulent history, he also offers a cultural survey with fresh insights to the folklore, literature, art, music, and cuisine of Ireland, producing an irresistible tour through the Emerald Isle. |