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A Faber 'paper covered edition, reprint 1972 of the original 1966 edition. in very good condition, light edgewear , some slight curling to corners .
One of the standard histories of modern Ireland, up to the foundation of the Free State and Northern Ireland. Primarily a polotical history, but with social and economic history also covered in detail.
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
