Writers and Politics

The Siege

Conor Cruise O'Brien's majestic meditation on the life and writings of Burke was originally publi...

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Statesmanpolitical thinkerorator and ardent campaignerEdmund Burke was one of the greatest minds ...

Maria Cross

Herod

'A spirited attack on Thomas Jefferson . . . a quietly devastating foray into the scripture of th...

A distinguished statesman and man of letters deplores the mounting attacks on Enlightenment value...

Tells the story of how a brilliant Irish diplomat found himself in Africa amid one of history's m...

The Suspecting Glance

The author is well known within the field and is one of the few specialists with American as well...

This book is a classic guide to sailing, with interesting anecdotes, useful information on riggin...

States of Ireland

Conor Cruise O'Brien's brilliant and hugely controversial 1965 essay on the political convictions...

Camus

Parnell and His Party

Twelve birds. One country. A wild Ireland waiting to be discovered. In Ireland Through Birds, Con...

Collected for the first time in one volume, Passing A Message contains the lyrics to over 80 song...

This delightful book tells the story of a curious fox cub, his journey to discover his own specia...

Certain to be as controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, The Long Affair is Con...

Cork Silver and Gold: Four Centuries of Craftsmanship

This is the story of life in Ireland - a story half a billion years in the making. This epic jour...

This book is the first to chronicle the work of Limerick silversmiths and goldsmiths. Photographe...

Collected for the first time in one volume, Passing A Message contains the lyrics to over 80 song...