内容简介
FollowingthecriticallyacclaimedsuccessofDublin,thisrivetingsequeltakesthestoryofIrelandfromtheseventeenthcenturyonwards,pickingupattheReformation,andwithit,thedevastatingarrivalofOliverCromwell.CromwellheraldstheinaugurationoftwohundredyearsofProtestantdominance,throughoutwhichmanyoftheIrishpeoplewereimpoverishedanddispossessed.DublinismadeaProtestantcapital,andCatholicsbecomeanunderclass.SetagainstthedramaticbackdropofIrishpoliticalhistory,thispowerfulsagaisbroughttoitsconclusion.Journeyingthroughthecenturiesrightthewayuptothetwentiethcentury'sEasterRisingandIndependence,passingthroughturbulentmilestonessuchasTheYearoftheFrench,theFamineandTheHomeRuleMovementofParnellalongtheway.
作者简介
EdwardRutherfurdwasborninSalisbury,Wiltshire,andeducatedatCambridgeUniversityandStanfordUniversityinCalifornia.Hisfirstbook,SarumwasbasedonthehistoryofSalisbury.London,RusskaandTheForest,alldrawonfinelyresearcheddetailsofsocialhistory.EdwardRutherfordpreviouslylivedinLondonandNewYorkCitybuthashadahomeinDublinformorethantwelveyears.Hehastwochildren.