A History of Ireland by Fry, Peter; Fry, Fiona Somerset - 1993

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Barnes & Noble Books, 1993. Book. Illus. by The National Gallery of Ireland (Cover Painting). Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ; 366 pages with index; Black & white photographs and illustrations; Textblock is tight with unmarked pages; Light mark to fore-edge; Oatmeal-colored boards with a brown spine and title in bronze; Bright pictorial dust-jacket with no tears and modest shelf and edge wear; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable, clear mylar cover; . (Peter and Fiona Somerset Fry present here a concise and enjoyable introduction to the history of Ireland. Starting in about 6000 B.C., they cover the neolithic, bronze and iron ages describing Irish tombs, artifacts and buildings. Then there was the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, the golden age, the great Viking period, the takeover of Ireland by Henry II in 1171, the long association with England, the struggle between Protestant and Catholic, colonial settler and native Irishman, and the fight for independence which was achieved by the south in 1921.).