The Shortest History of Ireland: 23 by James Hawes #joyce Illustrated with warmth and sensitivity

Illustrated with warmth and sensitivity by acclaimed illustrator Gill Smith

LadybirdISBN: 9780241487822Extent: 8 pages

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February 1944

Surrealism

The Shortest History of Ireland: 23 by James Hawes #joyce Illustrated with warmth and sensitivityFrom the Ice Age to the present, here is the real story of Ireland. In The Shortest History of Ireland, James Hawes turns his attention to Ireland, reaching beyond the clichs to tell a dramatic new story, backed up by the latest scholarship. Irish history is often seen as a mere catalogue of colonial repression. Yet Hawes shows that Ireland, its unique culture rooted in millennia of continuity, has always been able to assimilate would be invaders. He