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The Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making it Up in Ireland by Professor R F Foster (Paperback, 2002)

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Author : Foster, Professor R F. Genre : British & Irish History. Condition Grading Info. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing.

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Each of Foster's books has generated vigorous discussion, but in THE IRISH STORY he breaks fresh ground even by his own standards. Driven by his sense of the seriousness of history and a fascination with those who distort it, THE IRISH STORY examines how key facets of Ireland's past have been tampered with to serve a multiplicity of purposes. THE IRISH STORY is endlessly varied, surprising and funny. It is also a rallying cry for those anxious that contemporary Ireland may be in danger ofturning itself into a meretricious historical theme-park.

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD

ISBN-139780140296853

eBay Product ID (ePID)86643924

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Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThe Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making It Up in Ireland

Publication Year2002

SubjectGeneral Knowledge, History

TypeTextbook

AuthorProfessor R F Foster

FormatPaperback

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Item Height198 mm

Item Weight224 g

Item Width129 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorProfessor R F Foster

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by kajohn-3400
24 Aug, 2022
Very sharp and funny essays
Roy Foster is a superb historian as well as being a very sharp and funny writer. This book of essays will not appeal to every Irish man or woman as Foster punctures various mythologies and aspects of Irish history. He is particularly scathing about, for example, Famine theme parks as if a horrendous 1840s event in Ireland would be worthy of such vacuity. Some of the essays are a bit 'chewy' but overall this is an excellent book, first published in 2001.
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