Crown and Shamrock: Love and Hate Between Ireland and the British Monarchy [Paperback]

Mary Kenny (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 190549498X | ISBN-13: 978-1905494989 | Publication Date: March 3, 2010

In a fascinating study of the links between Ireland and the British Monarchy, well-known writer and journalist Mary Kenny finds a fresh perspective on the relationship between Britain and Ireland. The relationships between royalty, past and present, are examined and illustrated in an absorbing, beautifully written account. Based on unique access to the Royal Archives in Windsor, and other historical material, as well as on personal memoir, Mary Kenny reveals some previously unappreciated aspects of the Crown and Shamrock, including Edward VII's exceptionally benign attitudes to Catholics, George V's obsessive worries about civil war between North and South, and how Ireland was constitutionally altered (and morally riven) by the Abdication Crisis of 1936. ""Kenny offers a chatty, anecdotal, readable book examining the human qualities of British sovereigns from Victoria onward, and the Irish public's reactions to them. . . It is not without perceptive insights on Irish society and culture as well as British royalty."" -Choice

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Review

Kenny offers a chatty, anecdotal, readable book examining the human qualities of British sovereigns from Victoria onward, and the Irish public s reactions to them. . . It is not without perceptive insights on Irish society and culture as well as British royalty. --Choice

About the Author

Mary Kenny is a well-established and often controversial journalist on both sides of the Irish Sea, writing for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Independent among others. In recent years she has turned to social history, and her Goodbye to Catholic Ireland is now used as a teaching text.

Product Details

• Paperback: 410 pages
• Publisher: New Island Books (March 3, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 190549498X
• ISBN-13: 978-1905494989
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,177,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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