My Ireland

My Ireland

Edward John Moreton Dunsany

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Wright Press
Año de edición:
2007
Materia
Biografía: general
ISBN:
9781406739589
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This classic book is Lord Dunsany’s 1937 sketch of Ireland, “My Ireland”. A fantastic description if the history and people of the Emerald Isle, this volume offers a unique insight into the state of the country in the mid twentieth century, and will appeal to those with an Irish history. Contents include: “A. E.”, “Tara”, “St. Patrick”, “old Mickey”, “Francis Ledwidge”, “How The Students came to Trim”, “A Lapse of Memory”, “Jack-Snipe”, “Woodcock”, “Grey Lags”, “Business”, “John Watson”, “The State of the Moon”, “Swans”, etc. Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett (1878–1957) was an Irish author and playwright who published his work under the pseudonym Lord Dunsany. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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