Ivan R. Dee
Pages: 304
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-56663-615-5 • Hardback • September 2006 • $26.95 • (£19.99)
978-1-56663-756-5 • Paperback • September 2007 • $18.95 • (£14.99)
This is a great story, interesting to read and appealing to anyone with an interest in Ireland...McCaffrey uses original sources when possible, yet this is a readable history, not a textbook. She offers fascinating insights into the daily life, dress, housing and personalities of the Irish.
— Carroll County Times
The hero stories engage, the scene-setting shines as both scholarly and readable, and the character descriptions run deep....Magnificent collection.
— Michael Phelps; Examiner
There've been plenty of books on Irish history but none quite so vivid and accessible asIn Search of Ireland's Heroes... [which stands] solidly both as a companion volume and as an innovative history by itself.
— California Bookwatch
"McCaffrey has succeeded in compiling a history of Ireland which is completely accessible without losing credibility."
— Irish Emigrant
Written with verve and passion...In Search of Ireland's Heroes is a welcome challenge to conservative interpretations of Ireland's history.
— Kerby Miller, University of Missouri
A lively account of the men and women who forged Irish independence