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shona_reads_in_devon 's review for:
A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000
by John Gibney
*listened on audiobook*
I am woefully uninformed about the history of Ireland so I thought this would be a way to provide a good overview.
I prefer my history to be a bit more narrative driven. I'm also always a bit more interested in the arts and culture as a way to drill down into a country's history. This is entirely politics and economics based and as such, it's a bit dry and fails to capture the essence of Ireland. Perhaps I'm expecting too much for a 'short history' which is essentially a what's what of the last 500 years but it did mean I zoned out sometimes.
It does what it says on the tin - I know more about the timeline of Irish history and this is a good condensed history of early modern Ireland to the millennium. It would certainly provide a decent launchpad to base any further reading upon.
I am woefully uninformed about the history of Ireland so I thought this would be a way to provide a good overview.
I prefer my history to be a bit more narrative driven. I'm also always a bit more interested in the arts and culture as a way to drill down into a country's history. This is entirely politics and economics based and as such, it's a bit dry and fails to capture the essence of Ireland. Perhaps I'm expecting too much for a 'short history' which is essentially a what's what of the last 500 years but it did mean I zoned out sometimes.
It does what it says on the tin - I know more about the timeline of Irish history and this is a good condensed history of early modern Ireland to the millennium. It would certainly provide a decent launchpad to base any further reading upon.