100 Poems, by Seamus Heaney (hardback)
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An intimate curated set of poems from throughout Heaney’s life, chosen by his family.
Essential for the fan, or those discovering him for the first time.
28/11/20 - publisher currently out of stock, awaiting further info.
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From Candlestick Press, a wonderful series of ‘poems instead of a card’. Each booklet has a curated selection of poetry, a quality printed bookmark and an envelope.
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The Partition : IRELAND DIVIDED, 1885 - 1925, Charles Townsend ( hardback April 2021)
£25.00 £22.50
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- Hardback 368 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint:Allen Lane
- ISBN:9780241300862
- Published:1 Apr 2021
- Classifications:
- Weight:578g
- Dimensions:162 x 243 x 36 (mm)
- Pub. Country:United Kingdom
And then, as these bitter disputes continued, it became clear that under no circumstances would the Protestants be party to any of it. The Partition is a remarkable, clear-sighted and thoughtful account of how two unthinkable events - full Irish independence and the creation of the state of Northern Ireland - came to pass. The Irish nationalist claim to leave ran into a loyalist demand to remain, increasingly centred on the north-eastern Protestant community, threatening large-scale violent resistance.
Here Charles Townshend lays out what is ultimately a tragic story, as partition became the only answer to an otherwise insoluble problem. The settlement of the Irish question drew in every major politician, conjured up heroes and villains, led to civil war and finally to Ulster's catastrophic Troubles. The hard border has always been seen as a failure of both British and Irish statecraft, but has endured now for a century.
The Partition brilliantly brings to life the contingency and uncertainty that created it.
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