The Shortest History of Ireland

'After his masterpieces on Germany and England, James Hawes has done it again... a wonder to behold' PROFESSOR CIARAN MARTIN

From the Ice Age to the present, here is the real story of Ireland.

In The Shortest History of Ireland, James Hawes turns his attention to Ireland, reaching beyond the clichés to tell a dramatic new story, backed up by the latest scholarship.

Irish history is often seen as a mere catalogue of colonial repression. Yet Hawes shows that Ireland, its unique culture rooted...