The Backward Glance. A Miscellany of Irish History, Politics and Culture, Hardback - Kevin Haddick-Flynn

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'Out on the Western edge of Europe, a first glance at the map makes Ireland seem a small and isolated place. However, many peoples have by turns es...

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Forget the boring stuff you learned in school. Here's the real skinny on Irish history, including: Invasions, Emergencies, one Big Rising, all sort...

Publisher: National University of IrelandIllustration(s): 10 Colour Illustrations and 16 Black & White IllustrationsNumber of pages: 244Publication...

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SPQR stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus, a miscellany of facts all about ancient Rome and the Roman world. A browseable and accessible introduct...

Publisher: University of Notre Dame PressNumber of pages: 506Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 43Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): P. J. M...

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Publisher: Edinburgh University PressIllustration(s): 15 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 368Collection: Edinburgh Studies on Modern ...

This book makes available, for the first time in English, essays and poetry published in the seminal postcolonial Moroccan journal of culture and p...

A compendium of historical facts and figures, perfect for dipping into. Full of information that will make you say, `I never knew that'

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