Tim Pat Coogan's biographies of Michael Collins and DeValera and his studies of the IRA, the Troubles and the Irish Diaspora have transformed our understanding of contemporary Ireland, and all have been massive bestsellers. Now he has produced a major history of Ireland in the twentieth century. Covering both South and North and dealing with cultural and social history as well as political, this enthralling work will become the definitive single-volume account of the making of modern Ireland

Author Biography

Tim Pat Coogan, former editor of the Irish Press, is well known on both sides of the Atlnatic for his journalism and especially for his books, which include Wherever Green is Worn, The Troubles, Michael Collins and De Valera.