{"product_id":"ireland-awakening-edward-rutherfurd-2006","title":"Ireland Awakening by Edward Rutherfurd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIreland Awakening (Century 2006 Trade Paperback Irish Historical Saga)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sweeping Sequel to Dublin: Foundation, Following Irish Families from Cromwell to the Easter Rising\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ireland Awakening: Awakening\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edward Rutherfurd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Century, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2006\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781844138128\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1844138127\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Published in London by Century, 2006. Trade softcover issue.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated paperback wrappers, glossy laminated cover with a sepia photograph of Dublin harbour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback), roughly 235 x 155 mm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (G)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The glossy laminated wrappers show light wear to the spine and edges. There is visible creasing and light cracking to the cover lamination on the spine and near the fore-edge of the front cover, and the spine carries several vertical stress lines. The page block edges are cream and toned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean and legible, cream in colour, with no foxing or markings seen. The binding is tight for so thick a volume, with a slight crease along the spine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIreland Awakening is the second and concluding volume of Edward Rutherfurd's Dublin Saga, following Dublin: Foundation. It opens in the age of the Reformation and Cromwell's arrival, when Dublin becomes a Protestant capital and the Catholic majority is pushed into an underclass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRutherfurd follows several families across the generations: the O'Byrnes, MacGowans, Doyles, Walshes and Tidys, together with the Catholic Smiths and the Presbyterian Laws and Budges. Their fortunes carry the reader through the Ascendancy, the Famine, the Easter Rising and the birth of the Irish Free State, with figures such as Yeats and Joyce appearing along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA broad, richly populated historical novel, this is a collectible used copy for readers of Irish history and of Rutherfurd's multi-generational sagas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Edward Rutherfurd\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdward Rutherfurd is the pen name of Francis Edward Wintle, born in Salisbury in 1948. He was educated locally and at the universities of Cambridge and Stanford, and worked in political research, bookselling and publishing before turning to fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter leaving the book trade in 1983 he wrote Sarum, which was published four years later and became an international bestseller. His other novels include Russka, London, The Forest, New York and Paris, as well as the two Irish novels, Dublin: Foundation and Ireland Awakening. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIreland Awakening Edward Rutherfurd · Edward Rutherfurd Dublin Saga · Irish historical novel · sequel to Dublin Foundation · Edward Rutherfurd paperback · Cromwell to Easter Rising novel\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Century","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58801811390767,"sku":"TCB-000404","price":70.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/ireland-awakening54491_cover_1.jpg?v=1794146067","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/ireland-awakening-edward-rutherfurd-2006","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}