Peter Berresford Ellis

Eyewitness to Irish History

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Produktbeschreibung

Through sources ranging from ancient forsundun (praise songs) and the hero kings to newspaper accounts, public decrees, and even graffiti, this book offers vivid portraits of major events and everyday life in Ireland through the centuries— beginning with Golamh, the legendary leader of the band of Iberian Celts who settled the island more than three thousand years ago, and concluding with gripping accounts by those on both sides of the bloody civil conflict in Northern Ireland.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 155mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780471266334
• ISBN-10: 0471266337
• Artikelnr.: 21695861

Autorenporträt

PETER BERRESFORD ELLIS, from an old Cork family, took his degrees in Celtic Studies and was recently acclaimed as "the pre-eminent Celtic Scholar now writing" (Times Educational Supplement). As well as his popular books on the ancient Celts, he is the author of many notable Irish histories, including History of the Irish Working Class; Hell or Connaught!: The Cromwellian Colonization of Ireland 1652--1660; The Boyne Water: The Battle of the Boyne, 1690; A Dictionary of Irish Mythology; and Erin's Blood Royal. Under his own name he was the author of a bestselling novel The Rising of the Moon, about the Irish Republican Brotherhood's 1866 attempt to invade Canada. Under the pseudonym of Peter Tremayne, he is best known for his internationally bestselling Sister Fidelma mystery series set in seventh- century Ireland. He lives in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Ancient Ireland. 2 Early Christian Ireland. 3 The Viking Terror. 4 Ireland and the Angevin Empire. 5 Irish Princes and Norman Lords. 6 The Tudor Conquests. 7 The Flight of the Princes. 8 Obedience to the English Empire. 9 The Insurrection of 1641. 10 The Cromwellian Conquest. 11 The Williamite Conquest. 12 The Penal Laws. 13 The Insurrection of 1798. 14 Union, 1801; Insurrection, 1803; Catholic Emancipation, 1829. 15 Repeal, Starvation, and the Insurrection of 1848. 16 The Insurrection of 1867 and the Land League. 17 The Insurrection of 1916. 18 The War of Independence, 1919 1921. 19 The Civil War, 1922 1923, and the Aftermath. 20 Irish Neutrality and the Irish Republic of 1949. 21 A Protestant State and Civil Rights. 22 The Long War. L Envoi. Further Reading. Index.