This book tells the story of Ireland through the words of those who saw it happen. The book is arranged chronologically from the days of the great heroes and kings to the current troubles and attempts at peace. It includes every major event of Irish history as well as everyday life over the centuries.
A host of first hand accounts, documents and contemporary poems will comprise a treasury of snapshots great and small which will make Ireland's history come alive. Peter Berresford Ellis, from an old Cork family, took his degrees in Celtic Studies and was recently acclaimed as "the pre-eminent Celtic Scholar now writing".
