Dublin: Foundation - Couverture souple

Rutherfurd, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099279088 ISBN 13 : 9780099279082

Editeur : Arrow, 2005

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Following the critically acclaimed success of Dublin, this riveting sequel takes the story of Ireland from the seventeenth century onwards, picking up at the Reformation, and with it, the devastating arrival of Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell heralds the inauguration of two hundred years of Protestant dominance, throughout which many of the Irish people were impoverished and dispossessed. Dublin is made a Protestant capital, and Catholics become an underclass.

Set against the dramatic backdrop of Irish political history, this powerful saga is brought to its conclusion. Journeying through the centuries right the way up to the twentieth century's Easter Rising and Independence, passing through turbulent milestones such as The Year of the French, the Famine and The Home Rule Movement of Parnell along the way.

'The author bounds excitedly through Irish history, interweaving narrative with historical encounters... Rutherfurd keeps racing through the pages' Daily Express

'Breathtaking... an astounding achievement' Frank Delaney

'Sublime talent... this is history with a human face and a fanciful soul' Good Book Guide

'Edward Rutherfurd has written about Dublin with love. It is an expertly researched and highly readable account of a place he has grown to know well' Maeve Binchy, Ireland on Sunday

Biographie de l'auteur :

Edward Rutherfurd was born in England, in the cathedral city of Salisbury. Educated locally, and at the universities of Cambridge, and Stanford, California, he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing. After numerous attempts to write books and plays, he finally abandoned his career in the book trade in 1983, and returned to his childhood home to write Sarum. Four years later, when the book was published, it became an instant international bestseller, remaining 23 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Since then he has written seven more bestsellers: Russka, a novel of Russia; London; The Forest, set in England's New Forest which lies close by Sarum; two novels which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century; New York; and Paris. His books have been translated into over twenty languages.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Arrow
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0099279088
• ISBN 13: 9780099279082
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 832