The Back Of Beyond A Search For The Soul Of Ireland
by Roy, James CharlesFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-06-02
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Summary
James Charles Roy leads a group of jaded American tourists on a historical tour of the Emerald Isle they only thought they knew
Author Biography
James Charles Roy has been a peripatetic "independent scholar" since 1970, when he left Time Inc. He has written innumerable articles on Irish history and five distinguished books, including The Fields of Athenry and Islands of Storm, a Book-of-the-Month and History Book Club selection. He divides his time between Moyode Castle in County Galway and his home in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Table of Contents
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| 10 "With Head Held High, I Will Touch the Stars" | 84 | (14) | |||
| 11 Ashtown | 98 | (14) | |||
| 12 Moyode Castle | 112 | (17) | |||
| 13 "It's Getting Old She Is, and Broken" | 129 | (9) | |||
| 14 Israel | 138 | (13) | |||
| 15 Purgatory | 151 | (10) | |||
| 16 The Work of Angels | 161 | (13) | |||
| 17 Semen | 174 | (12) | |||
| 18 "Dublin, 0 Dublin, Fumbling and Tumbling" | 186 | (12) | |||
| 19 "Unnatural Insurrection!" | 198 | (5) | |||
| 20 Saint MacDara | 203 | (6) | |||
| 21 Loca Sancta | 209 | (4) | |||
| 22 The Holy Land | 213 | (6) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 219 |
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