A History of Ireland in 100 Episodes

Download or read book A History of Ireland in 100 Episodes written by Jonathan Bardon and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative and comprehensive history of Ireland covers the entire history of the island from the Ice Age to the peace process in 100 short episodes. In this thoughtful analysis of Irish society, Bardon integrates the significant cultural and literary history of Ireland with its political and social past. Based on the hugely popular BBC radio series A Short History of Ireland, each episode stands alone, providing a snippet of Irish history in five minutes' reading. In turn, to read each episode in sequence from beginning to end provides a magisterial history of Europe's most western land.