Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland, Paperback/Malachy McCourt
Descriere
New York Times bestselling author Malachy Mc Court offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian times to the present, told with Irish flair by the gifted storyteller. The pages are populated with figures from myth, history, and the present-from Saint Patrick to Oliver Cromwell, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Charles Parnell to Sinead O'Connor and Bono. Some beloved, some controversial-each influenced the course of Irish and world history. While Mc Court vividly describes Ireland's turbulent history, he also offers a cultural survey with fresh insights to the folklore, literature, art, music, and cuisine of Ireland, producing an irresistible tour through the Emerald Isle.
Despre autor
Malachy Gerard McCourt a fost un actor, scriitor și politician american-irlandez. Născut în Brooklyn și crescut la Limerick, McCourt a apărut în mai multe filme și seriale TV, printre care „The Molly Maguires”, „Brewster's Millions” (1985) și „Another World”.
