Ireland Awakening

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Following the critically acclaimed success of Dublin, this riveting sequel takes the story of Ireland from the seventeenth century onwards, picking up at the Reformation, and with it, the devastating arrival of Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell heralds the inauguration of two hundred years of Protestant dominance, throughout which many of the Irish people were impoverished and dispossessed. Dublin is made a Protestant capital, and Catholics become an underclass.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of Irish political history, this powerful saga is brought to its conclusion. Journeying through the centuries right the way up to the .A^entieth century's Easter Rising and Independence, passing through turbulent milestones such as The Year of the French, the Famine and The Home Rule Movement of Parnell along the way.
'The author bounds excitedly through Irish history, interweaving narrative with historical encounters Rutherfurd keeps racing through the pages.' Daily Ekprfss
'Sublime... Tovább

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Following the critically acclaimed success of Dublin, this riveting sequel takes the story of Ireland from the seventeenth century onwards, picking up at the Reformation, and with it, the devastating arrival of Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell heralds the inauguration of two hundred years of Protestant dominance, throughout which many of the Irish people were impoverished and dispossessed. Dublin is made a Protestant capital, and Catholics become an underclass.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of Irish political history, this powerful saga is brought to its conclusion. Journeying through the centuries right the way up to the .A^entieth century's Easter Rising and Independence, passing through turbulent milestones such as The Year of the French, the Famine and The Home Rule Movement of Parnell along the way.
'The author bounds excitedly through Irish history, interweaving narrative with historical encounters Rutherfurd keeps racing through the pages.' Daily Ekprfss
'Sublime talent this is history with a human fiice and a ianciiul soul' Good Book Glide ,
'Edward Rutherfurd has Dublin with love. It is an t researched and highly reatu. of a place he has grown to know w^. Makve Bjncmy, Ireland on Sunday
Front cover images: Stuined Glass Window in St. Patrick's t:athc-ilral
© Sandro Vannini/CORBIS; sailing ships stand by tlie Custom House in docks of Dublin, 1S7S ® Sean Scxton/Corbis
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