Ireland's history has long been illuminated, and enlivened, by bizarre, colourful, extravagant, unfettered individuals: ripe country-house eccentrics, saints, scholars, bucks and hell-rakes, duellists, abductors, rhymers and miracle-makers. These factual and fascinating biographical sketches make for 'delightful reading' (Frank Muir).
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Ireland's history has long been illuminated, and enlivened, by bizarre, colourful, extravagant, unfettered individuals: ripe country-house eccentrics, saints, scholars, bucks and hell-rakes, duellists, abductors, rhymers and miracle-makers. These factual and fascinating biographical sketches make for 'delightful reading' (Frank Muir).
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Seller's Description:
Good in Good jacket. Dustwrapper, pp. x, 286. Bw ills. Wrapper a bit worn around top of spine, with small split. Priceclipped. Name on front endpaper. Some later pages in text have upper corners a little creased. Book as a whole slightly leaning. Good but well read copy. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
