{"product_id":"modern-ireland-1600-1972","title":"Modern Ireland 1600-1972","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasterfully blending narrative and interpretation, and R.F. Foster's \u003ci\u003eModern Ireland: 1600-1972\u003c\/i\u003e looks at how key events in Irish history contributed to the creation of the 'Irish Nation'.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'The most brilliant and courageous Irish historian of his generation'\u003cbr\u003e  Colm Tóibín, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Remarkable ... Foster gives a wise and balanced account of both forces of unity and forces of diversity ... a master work of scholarship'\u003cbr\u003e  Bernard Crick, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e ... Anyone who really wants to make sense of Ireland and the Irish must read Roy Foster's magnificent and accessible \u003ci\u003eModern Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e  Anthony Clare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A magnificent book. It supersedes all other accounts of modern Irish history'\u003cbr\u003e  Conor Cruise O'Brien, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Dazzling ... a masterly survey not so much of the events of Irish history over the past four centuries as of the way in which those events acted upon the peoples living in Ireland to produce in our own time an \"Irish Nation\" ... a gigantic and distinguished undertaking'\u003cbr\u003e  Robert Kee, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A work of gigantic importance. It is everything that a history book should be. It is beautifully and clearly written; it seeps wisdom through its every pore; it is full of the most elegant and scholarly insights; it is magnificently authoritative and confident ... \u003ci\u003eModern Ireland \u003c\/i\u003eis quite simply the single most important book on Irish history written in this generation ... A masterpiece'\u003cbr\u003e  Kevin Myers, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eR. F. Foster\u003c\/b\u003e is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. His books include \u003ci\u003eModern Ireland: 1600-1972\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLuck and the Irish\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eW. B. Yeats: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54227525828952,"sku":"9780140132502","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140132502.jpg?v=1780389049","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/modern-ireland-1600-1972","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}