Vivid, gripping firsthand accounts of the key moments in Irish life since 1916.
John Bowman is a broadcaster and historian. Since the 1960s he has presented programmes on current affairs and history on RTE television and radio. He is the author of De Valera and the Ulster Question, which was awarded the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize, and of Window and Mirror- RTE Television 1961-2011. He lives in Dublin.
Absorbing and illuminating ... John Bowman has selected a range of
accounts of Irish life that do justice to what happened, what it
felt like, and the personal and societal experiences alongside the
"official" version.
*Irish Times*
Entertaining and informative
*Sunday Business Post*
A thoughtful and eclectic collection
*Irish Mail on Sunday*
A remarkably varied and delightfully readable mosaic of voices and
perspectives
*Woman's Way*
A treasure
*Irish Examiner*
A whistle-stop tour of the seismic, seminal and explosive events
that shaped the nation
*Irish Independent*
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