Historical Essays 1939-2001 - A Miscellany (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

This miscellany gathers together essays and papers written over a span of sixty-odd years. Some are hitherto unpublished, others disinterred from rare and learned periodicals: Together they form a scholarly and diverting mosaic of political and social life in Ireland over the past half-millennium. They take for subjects both individuals and institutions. McDowell examines Swift as a political thinker, Burke and the law, John Hely-Hutchinson, provost and controversialist, and the Ulster leader Edward Carson. More minor characters and events are linked to his lively sketches of Trinity College, from its foundation in the sixteenth century to the Second World War; of Dublin Castle and the viceregal court in its glory and decline; of the Dublin Society of the United Irishmen; of the Anglican episcopate. A nuanced and fascinating portrait of an era, and of Irish-English affairs, emerges, drawn with an unerring eye for human foible and idiosyncrasy. Historical Essays is testimony to the enduring energy and wit of one of Ireland's most distinguished historians.

General

Imprint:	The Lilliput Press Ltd
Country of origin:	Ireland
Release date:	2004
Authors:	R.B. McDowell
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	263
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-84351-028-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General
LSN:	1-84351-028-6
Barcode:	9781843510284

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