Ireland: The Autobiography
  • Published: 18 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780141034676
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $26.99
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Ireland: The Autobiography

One Hundred Years of Irish Life, Told by Its People

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15 Sep 2016
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18 May 2017
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Vivid, gripping firsthand accounts of the key moments in Irish life since 1916

Over the past hundred years, Ireland has undergone profound political, social and cultural changes. But one thing that has not changed is the Irish genius for observation and storytelling, invective and self-scrutiny. Ireland: The Autobiography draws upon this genius to create a portrait of a century of Irish life through the words of the people who lived it.
Broadcaster and historian John Bowman has mined archives, diaries and memoirs to create a remarkably varied and delightfully readable mosaic of voices and perspectives. Ireland: The Autobiography is a brilliantly selected, wide-ranging and engrossing take on the last century of Irish life. It gives us a portrait of Ireland unlike anything we've read before.
  • Published: 18 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780141034676
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $26.99
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Praise for Ireland: The Autobiography

Absorbing and illuminating ... John Bowman has selected a range of accounts of Irish life that do justice to what happened, what it felt like, and the personal and societal experiences alongside the "official" version.

Diarmaid Ferriter, Irish Times

Entertaining and informative

Sunday Business Post

A thoughtful and eclectic collection

Irish Mail on Sunday

A remarkably varied and delightfully readable mosaic of voices and perspectives

Woman's Way

A treasure

Irish Examiner

A whistle-stop tour of the seismic, seminal and explosive events that shaped the nation

Irish Independent