About the Author

David Dickson is Professor in Modern History at Trinity College Dublin.

Reviews

I thought I knew the history of my hometown, Dublin, and then I read David Dickson’s wise and stylish book… [An] eloquent book… Dickson’s book was teaching me things about my hometown until almost the very last page.
*Los Angeles Review of Books*

This history of Dublin is an insightful, deeply researched, witty volume, which anyone interested in Ireland, England, Georgian architecture, or the misadventures of nation-building will find fascinating.
*Weekly Standard*

In Dublin, Dickson has woven together the city’s social, economic, cultural, demographic and architectural histories; the story he tells will intrigue natives, enlighten newcomers and stand as a monument to this great city’s place in an ever-changing Ireland.
*The Telegraph*

[Dickson] distils a mountain of scholarship to illuminate the whole of Dublin’s history. He is strongest on political and social change, informative too on the city’s marvellous architecture… This is the fullest overview of the many transformations of one of the world’s most enchanting cities.
*The Times*