{"product_id":"wars-of-the-irish-kings-isbn-9780609809075","title":"Wars of the Irish Kings","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe riveting true story of how Ireland came to be, told through eyewitness accounts from a thousand years of struggle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A fascinating mixture of mythology and actual historical events. . . . Lovers of Irish and medieval literature will relish this book.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor the first thousand years of its history, Ireland was shaped by its wars. Beginning with the legends of ancient battles and warriors, \u003ci\u003eWars of the Irish Kings\u003c\/i\u003e moves through a time when history and storytelling were equally prized, into the age when history was as much propaganda as fact. This remarkable book tells of tribal battles, foreign invasions, Viking raids, family feuds, wars between rival Irish kingdoms, and wars of rebellion against the English. While the battles formed the legends of the land, it was the people fighting the battles—Cuchulain, Finn MacCool, Brian Boru, Robert the Bruce, Elizabeth I, and Hugh O’Donnell—who shaped the destiny and identity of the Irish nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrought together for the first time in one volume, \u003ci\u003eWars of the Irish Kings \u003c\/i\u003eis a surprisingly immediate and stunning portrait of an all-but-forgotten time that forged the Ireland of today.“A fascinating mixture of mythology and actual historical events. . . . Lovers of Irish and medieval literature will relish this book.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003eDavid Willis McCullough’s most recent book is a historical anthology, \u003cb\u003eChronicles of the Barbarians: Firsthand Accounts of Pillage and Conquest from the Ancient World to the Fall of Constantinople\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also the author of \u003cb\u003eBrooklyn . . . And How It Got That Way\u003c\/b\u003e, an informal social history, and the mystery novels \u003cb\u003eThink on Death\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePoint No-Point\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives with his wife, Frances, in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301152018661,"sku":"NP9780609809075","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780609809075.jpg?v=1767743613","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/wars-of-the-irish-kings-isbn-9780609809075","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}