Ireland Awakening

Resumen del libro

Following the critically acclaimed success of Dublin, this riveting sequel takes the story of Ireland from the seventeenth century onwards, picking up at the Reformation, and with it, the devastating arrival of Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell heralds the inauguration of two hundred years of Protestant dominance, throughout which many of the Irish people were impoverished and dispossessed. Dublin is made a Protestant capital, and Catholics become an underclass. Set against the dramatic backdrop of Irish political history, this powerful saga is brought to its conclusion. Journeying through the centuries right the way up to the twentieth century's Easter Rising and Independence, passing through turbulent milestones such as The Year of the French, the Famin and The Home Rule Movement of Parnell along the way.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Edward Rutherfurd nació en Salisbury, Inglaterra. Se diplomó en historia y literatura por Cambridge. Es el autor de x{0026}lt;i Sarumx{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i El bosquex{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i Londresx{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i Parísx{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i Nueva York,x{0026}lt;/i x{0026}lt;i Rusia, Rebeldes de Irlanda, Príncipes de Irlanda y Chinax{0026}lt;/i .x{0026}lt;br / En todas sus novelas Rutherfurd nos ofrece una rica panorámica de las ciudades más atractivas del mundo a través de personajes ficticios y reales que se ponen al servicio de una investigación minuciosa en lo que ya se ha convertido el sello particular de autor.x{0026}lt;/p