R. F. Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. His books include Modern Ireland, 1600-1972, The Irish Story and W. B. Yeats- A Life.
The brilliance of the writing places him as a historian in a league
of his own ... A balanced work offering his own distinctive,
original and elegant insights
*Times Literary Supplement*
Occasionally angry, sometimes whimsical and frequently hilarious
... Appeals both to those who know nothing and those who think they
know everything
*Financial Times*
Examines our society with fierce intelligence and insight
*Irish Times*
[Foster is] the great demythologizer of Ireland
*Guardian*
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