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The Year Of Liberty: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1789
Thomas Pakenham
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Description for The Year Of Liberty: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1789
Paperback. * The classic account of the great Irish rebellion of 1798 Num Pages: 432 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 284.
This classic account of the great Irish rebellion of 1798 remains the only full-scale history of that tragic event. As relevant today as it was when first published in 1969, THE YEAR OF LIBERTY is now reissued with the addition of a chronology and a glossary of terms. In May 1798 a hundred thousand peasants rose against the British government in Ireland. By the time the revolt had been put down four months later, thirty thousand dead were literally rotting in heaps in a smoking and desolate countryside. Yet it was not a schoolroom story of the heroic oppressed rising ... Read more
This classic account of the great Irish rebellion of 1798 remains the only full-scale history of that tragic event. As relevant today as it was when first published in 1969, THE YEAR OF LIBERTY is now reissued with the addition of a chronology and a glossary of terms. In May 1798 a hundred thousand peasants rose against the British government in Ireland. By the time the revolt had been put down four months later, thirty thousand dead were literally rotting in heaps in a smoking and desolate countryside. Yet it was not a schoolroom story of the heroic oppressed rising ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349112527
SKU
V9780349112527
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99-50
About Thomas Pakenham
Thomas Pakenham is the author of several other books including THE BOER WAR and THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA, both published by Abacus. He lives in Co. Westmeath, Ireland.
Reviews for The Year Of Liberty: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1789
He memorably conveys the utter confusion in which nearly everyone was plunged nearly all the time...brilliant narrative, a masterpiece of story-telling.
IRISH TIMES
A notable contribution to the history of Ireland...Thomas Packenham has accomplished brilliantly what he has set out to do.
OBSERVER
A fine, masterly and absorbing book
SPECTATOR
For anyone who wishes ... Read more
IRISH TIMES
A notable contribution to the history of Ireland...Thomas Packenham has accomplished brilliantly what he has set out to do.
OBSERVER
A fine, masterly and absorbing book
SPECTATOR
For anyone who wishes ... Read more