Wild Irish Girl A National Tale

Name: Wild Irish Girl A National Tale
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ISBN: 9780199552498

ISBN-10: 0199552495

ISBN-13: 9780199552498

Edition: 2008

Authors: Sydney Owenson, Kathryn Kirkpatrick

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"I long to study the purely national, purely natural character of an Irishwoman." When Horatio, the son of an English lord, is banished to his father's Irish estate as punishment for his dissipated ways, he goes off in search of adventure. On the wild west coast of Connaught he finds remnants of a romantic Gaelic past--a dilapidated castle, a Catholic priest, a deposed king and the king's lovely daughter Glorvina. In this setting and among these characters Horatio learns the history, culture, and language of a country he had once scorned, but he must do so in disguise, for his own English ancestors are responsible for the ruin of the Gaelic family he comes to love. Written after the Act of…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction


Note on the Text


Select Bibliography


A Chronology of Sydney Owenson


Explanatory Notes