Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland (Paperback)

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.

• | Author: Malachy McCourt
• | Publisher: Running Press Adult
• | Publication Date: Jan 29, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0762431814
• | ISBN-13: 9780762431816