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A revised fifth 1973edition. light edgewear , some slight curling to corners . First published in 1952. The main areas of focus are the 19th and early 20th centuries.
One of the standard authorities and historians of Ireland. Primarily a political history, but with social and economic history also covered in detail.
Condition - good, slight spine lean, some underlining in the chapters on Ireland Under the Union
Technically this book is a masterly achievement: the collection, sorting, selecting and balancing of material has meant an immense amount of hard and highly skilful work. The presentation is not only learned but cool, objective, unimpassioned and yet almost always alive and compassionate as well . . . As a reference book alone it is immensely valuable . . . As an example of a humane, scholarly, expert history, Professor Beckett's book will be difficult to surpass.' D. B. Quinn, Belfast Telegraph '
[He] has brilliantly succeeded. The book is admirably constructed and written with clarity and economy which carry the narrative unflaggingly through to the end . . . This excellent book supersedes all previous histories of modern Ireland.' F. S. L. Lyons, New Statesman
