One evening in 1951, an itinerant storyteller, the last of a fabled breed, arrives unannounced at a house in the Irish countryside. By the winter fireside he begins to tell the story of this extraordinary land. One of his listeners, a nine-year-old boy, grows so entranced that when the old man leaves he devotes his life to finding him again. Ireland travels through the centuries by way of story after story, from the savage grip of the Ice Age to the green and troubled land of tourist brochur...
One evening in 1951, an itinerant storyteller, the last of a fabled breed, arrives unannounced at a house in the Irish countryside. By the winter fireside he begins to tell the story of this extraordinary land. One of his listeners, a nine-year-old boy, grows so entranced that when the old man leaves he devotes his life to finding him again.
Ireland travels through the centuries by way of story after story, from the savage grip of the Ice Age to the green and troubled land of tourist brochures and news headlines. Along the way, we meet foolish kings and innocent monks, god-heroes and great works of art, shrewd Norman raiders and strong tribal leaders, poets, politicians and lovers. A novel of huge ambition, beautifully told, Ireland is the unstoppably readable story of a remarkable nation. From the epic sweep of its telling to the precision of its characters, it rings with the truth of a writer passionate about his own country. Книга «Ireland» автора Frank Delaney оценена посетителями КнигоГид, и её читательский рейтинг составил 8.60 из 10.
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