Ireland: revolution and evolution

Éditeur :
Verlag Peter Lang
ISBN :
9783039118816
Date de publication :
7 déc. 2009
Dimensions :
22,0 x 15,0 cm
Poids :
360 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
Offers essays that revolve around the notion of change in Ireland, whether by revolution or by evolution. This volume begins by examining two remarkable Irishmen on the make in Georgian London: the boxing historian Pierce Egan and the extraordinary Charles Macklin, eighteenth-century actor, playwright and manslaughterer.