The Ancient Ireland Guide [Lingua Inglese]: An Explorer's Guide - Brossura

Meagher, Robert Emmet; Neave, Elizabeth Parker

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ISBN 10: 1566569141 ISBN 13: 9781566569149

Casa editrice: Interlink Pub Group Inc, 2013

Riassunto

A revised and updated edition of this splendid guidebook to Ireland's spectacular antiquities-its passage tombs, ring forts, castles, Neolithic settlements, and monastic sites. With its witty and erudite explorations of Irish mythology, history, literature, archaeology, and architecture, this travel book makes for an excellent companion on a journey to Ireland that is also a journey back in time.

Along with fascinating overviews of prehistoric, Celtic, early Christian, and early medieval times, Meagher gives the traveler concrete help in finding the most stunning sites that preserve and breathe that history today (some are surprisingly unknown). After the day's exploring is done, readers can consult the same volume to find where to stay and eat... or entertaining bed-time reading in Meagher's lore about these ancient sites.

Though there is many a guidebook to Ireland-after all, it's said the country gets 8 million visitors annually-no guide is so informative and useful in combining inquiry with exploration. In Ancient Ireland, Meagher brings both his passionate scholarship and knowledge of the country and its history to this exceptionally well-written and practical guide.

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A great compact book that tells about tombs, forests, castles and ancient settlements that were in Ireland long before Saint Patrick, thatched roofs and Guinness stout. Beautiful coloured photos and illustrations show us the remains of ancient Ireland. --British Weekly

Looks past the thatched roofs and clay pipes, past Patrick and the saints, past the Celts... to Ireland of the Neolithic, Bronze, and early Iron Ages. They suggest how to plan, execute, and appreciate a tour of the oldest surviving structures, then set out three itineraries each focusing on a particular time period. In addition to the usual information, advice, maps and colour photographs, they identify activities for children. --Book News

Gorgeous colour photography illustrates Ancient Ireland, which leads both the prospective tourist and the armchair traveler on itineraries following landmarks from prehistoric times to medieval ages. Maps, extensive descriptions, lodging recommendations, and inviting background information on the sites that allow one to view Ireland as it has been through the ages of time distinguish this handy, must-have' for Irish history buffs planning to travel and see the land's wonders for themselves. --Midwest Book Review

Elegantly written... Extremely helpful and very up-to-date, this is the best introductory planner to the magic world of ancient Ireland that I know, as it combines humor and wisdom, lightly-worn, with the most lucid, practical advice any avid explorer could wish. --Dr. Peter Harbison, of the Royal Irish Academy, a renowned scholar of Irish antiquity, and author of Pre-Christian Ireland, Pilgrimage in Ireland, and The Guide to National and Historic Monuments in Ireland

L'autore:

Robert Emmet Meagher is a professor of humanities at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and the esteemed author or translator of nearly two dozen books, ranging from Frommer s Ireland and Frommer s Dublin to The Essential Euripides and Herakles Gone Mad. Elizabeth Parker Neave has travelled extensively in Ireland for two decades, and for several years collaborated on the Frommer s guides to Ireland. She is co-author (with Robert Emmet Meagher) of Ancient Greece: An Explorer s Guide. She currently teaches elementary school in Connecticut.

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• Editore: Interlink Pub Group Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1566569141
• ISBN 13: 9781566569149
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 278