Paddy and Mr. Punch by R F Foster

Paddy and Mr. Punch by R F Foster

A collection of essays which explore the paradoxes of the Irish political and social identity. As a follow-up to "Modern Ireland", the author addresses the turbulent history of Ireland, providing his thoughts on the issues surrounding contemporary Ireland.

Roy Foster was born in Waterford, Ireland, in 1949 and educated in Ireland and in the United States. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, where he was a Foundation Scholar in History, he subsequently became Professor of Modern British History at Birkbeck College, University of London, as well as
holding visiting fellowships at St Anthony's College, Oxford, the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, and Princeton University. In 1991 he became the first Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy since 1989. His previous
books include Charles Stewart Parnell: The Man and His Family (1976), Lord Randolph Churchill: A Political Life (1981), Modern Ireland 1600-1972 (1988), The Sub-Prefect Should Have Held His Tongue: Selected Essays of Hubert Butler (1990), Paddy and Mr Punch: Connections in Irish and English History
(1993), and W. B. Yeats: The Apprentice Mage Vol. I (1997).

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ISBN 13	9780140171709
ISBN 10	0140171703
Title	Paddy and Mr. Punch
Author	R F Foster
Series	Penguin History
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1995-06-29
Number of pages	400
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