- Paperback: 800 pages
- Publisher: Blackstaff Press Ltd (Oct 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0856404764
- ISBN-13: 978-0856404764
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 84,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'It is an essential companion for the journalist, the politician, the professional academic and teacher, the analyst and commentator, and the general reader.' Maurice Hayes, Irish Independent. 'This is a book of breathtaking range - the fullest, fairest and most professional history ever written of this disputed part of Ireland.' Marianne Elliot, Fortnight.
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This is a history of Ulster, ranging from prehistoric times to the present day, spanning 9000 years of social, political and economic life. It takes readers through the earliest settlements and plantations to the turmoil of the Troubles.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very comprehensive reference book.,
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This review is from: A History of Ulster (Paperback)
This is a very comprehensive reference book, describing the history of Ulster from about 7000 BC to 1992 AD. Jonathan Bardon has put the emphasis on contemporary quotations, which give a good flavour of the events being described. Because the book is over 900 pages long, he is able to deal with subject material in a considerable detail - for example, 200 pages are devoted to the troubled years from 1969 to 1992. Fortnight magazine has described this book as "the fullest, fairest and most professional history ever written of this disputed part of Ireland".
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A MUST for anyone wishing to understand Northern Ireland,
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This review is from: A History of Ulster (Paperback)
As a Northerner myself, I find this book the best on the subject that I've ever read. Indeed, it is a quite outstanding volume. Bardon, a Southerner who teaches in the North, is very detailed, always interesting, always fairly balanced and completely impartial. This is no polemic for one side or the other; it simply tells it as it was, history in all its messy, confusing, frustrating detail. It helps one make sense (well, more sense) of the current situation in Northern Ireland. It is a seriously large book, but it is well worth the effort.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Heavyweight history,
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This review is from: A History of Ulster (Paperback)
PHEW! Just reached the end of this behemoth (830 pages of text). This really is the heavyweight history of Ulster.
If you have little or no knowledge about the region, Bardon's Shorter Illustrated History of Ulster is a better starting point, but if you are ready to put the time in this longer version is well worth the effort. My one major criticism is that the 2005 edition effectively finishes in 1992 with the preface outlining the period from 1992-2001.So it is not as up to date as it might be and progress in the past ten years has been rapid. As a minor point, all the maps and illustrations are tucked away at the back rather than being attached to the relevant bits of text. This hinders the explanation of some points particularly where geography is important - such as in trying to fathom the internecine rivalries of the Ulster clans ( I ended up digging out a map which ended up following the book around for the few weeks I took to read it). Having said that Bardon wades into the minefield (sometimes a literal one) of Ulster history with verve, aplomb and admirable impartiality to produce a thoroughly engaging account of nearly 9000 years of history.
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