The Shortest History of Ireland: 23 by James Hawes #joyce Surrealism

Surrealism

LadybirdISBN: 9780241487822Extent: 8 pages

February 1944

Illustrated with warmth and sensitivity by acclaimed illustrator Gill Smith

a tonic for mental and physical health

The Shortest History of Ireland: 23 by James Hawes #joyce SurrealismFrom 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 clichs 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 in millennia of continuity, has always been able to assimilate would be invaders. He