Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland - Softcover

Malachy McCourt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762431814 ISBN 13: 9780762431816

Publisher: Running Press, 2008

Synopsis

New York Times best-selling 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.

About this title

Synopsis:

This is a one-volume chronicle of Ireland through the ages by gifted storyteller and bestselling author Malachy McCourt.This comprehensive volume tells the entire history of the Emerald Isle in the colourful, rollicking, accessible style that readers everywhere associate with Malachy McCourt. While it vividly describes the various phases of Ireland's turbulent history, from the Celtic settlements, through the British and Celtic occupations, through the modern strife and struggle for independence, this is also a sweeping cultural survey that offers fresh insights on the folklore, literature, art, music and cuisine of Ireland.

About the Author:

County Limerick native Malachy McCourt is the authority to tell the history of Ireland. He has written several books, including the best-selling A Monk Swimming, Singing My Him Song, Danny Boy, Voices of Ireland, and The Claddagh Ring. Complementing his literary work, McCourt is also a skilled actor. He appeared in the television series Oz and in feature films such as The Bonfire of the Vanities. He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Running Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0762431814
• ISBN 13: 9780762431816
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416