Ascendancy to Oblivion (Phoenix Press)

Ascendancy to Oblivion (Phoenix Press)

by Michael Mc Conville (Author)

Synopsis

'I recommend this book as pure pleasure' says Molly Keane 'I found myself ecstatically immersed in the most entertaining and fascinating book I have read for a long time'. Having traced the origins of the Anglo-Irish, the author offers a colourful account of the rise and sudden disappearance of the Protestant oligarchy that dominated Irish life from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, and a general survey of Irish history.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 18 Oct 2001

ISBN 10: 1842122711
ISBN 13: 9781842122716
Book Overview: A detailed study of a much-neglected group - the elite oligarchy of the Anglo-Irish The Anglo-Irish gave Ireland much of her modern culture and architecture, but also left a legacy that has festered ever since A highly original insight into the Troubles, as well as a history of some of the grandest inhabitants of these islands

Author Bio
Michael McConville read Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin. He is married with six grown-up children and currently lives in Somerset.