Black boards with silver decoration and spine lettering. Stated first edition. Watercolor jacket illustration by Ambrus. Black and white illustrations throughout.

Knights of God: Tales and Legends of the Irish Saints

Lynch, Patricia

Holt; Rinehart; Winston

This book explores the relationship between the British Liberal party and the rural working-class voters enfranchised by the Third Reform Act of 1884. In contrast to many works that present urban voters as the primary agents of political change in nineteenth- and twentieth-century England, this study argues that an examination of the dynamics of popular rural politics is essential to a thorough understanding of political developments in the early years of mass enfranchisement. Prior to 1914, capturing a substantial portion of the rural vote was essential to any political party seeking to establish a strong Parliamentary majority; and the Liberal party, coming from a traditionally strong urban base, had to work particularly hard to meet the expectations of the new rural electorate. The book shows that popular political culture in the English countryside was dominated by two important, and sometimes conflicting traditions: on the one hand, a history of radical social protest, emphasizing attacks on the privileges of landowning elites, and on the other, a widespread concern for the harmony of the local community, coupled with a suspicion of unnecessary divisiveness. The attempt to appeal simultaneously to both of these facets of rural political culture helps to explain not only why the Liberals continued to launch rhetorical attacks on the landed aristocracy and to promote schemes of land reform long after one might have expected them to have switched to a more 'modern' emphasis on class politics, but also why the 'New Liberal' emphasis on the politics of community carried such broad electoral appeal at the beginning of the twentieth century. The book suggests, finally, that in focusing primarily on urban democratization, historians of this period may have exaggerated the role of class allegiances in shaping popular political opinion and underestimated the continuities between 'Old' and 'New' Liberalism.

The Liberal Party in Rural England 1885-1910: Radicalism and Community (Oxford Historical Monographs)

History

Europe

Oxford University Press

One of the most famous, exciting, magical and mysterious of modern Irish fantasies-about Seamus and Eileen, who become owners of a most unusual donkey, and the many extraordinary adventures they have and the many strange people they meet.

The turf-cutter's donkey

Hodder Children`S Books

The Turf Cutter's Donkey Goes Visiting

Children's Books

Knight Books, London

Kerry Caravan (Dolphin)

J.M.Dent.

Turf-cutter's Donkey (Dolphin)

Dent

Using predictable trends and cycles as basic building blocks to success, it offers a powerful prescription for obtaining personal, long-term wealth in the 90's and beyond. Explores how to invest profitably in stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate and mutual funds. Along with providing long-term financial planning and tax-saving strategies, the author uses anecdotes from her own fascinating rags-to-riches story to illustrate key concepts.

Life Cycles, Money Cycles: Using Your Intuition for Personal Power & Financial Success

Business & Money

Economics

wiley

The Turf-Cutter's Donkey

Brogeen Books/ The Dolmen Press

Brogeen and Trud the elephant live happily in their little house in the roots of the great beech tree until the Golden Ball appears and their existence is thrown into disorder. Their magical escapades are sure to delight.

Brogeen and the Princess of Sheen (Brogeen Books)

Literature & Fiction

Colin Smythe Ltd.

The stories of Midir and Etain, the Sons of Turenn, the Swan Children, Deirdre and the Sons of Usna, Labra the Mariner, Cuculain and the voyage of Maeldun are retold in this book, with drawings by Frances Boland.

Tales of Irish enchantment

Mercier Press

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