Ruth Dudley Edwards
Author of Corridors of Death
About the Author
Ruth Dudley Edwards (born 24 May 1944, in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish historian, a crime novelist, a journalist and a broadcaster, in both Ireland and in the United Kingdom. Edwards was born and brought up in Dublin and educated at University College Dublin, Girton College, Cambridge and Wolfson show more College, Cambridge. Her nonfiction books include An Atlas of Irish History, James Connolly, Victor Gollancz: A Biography (winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize), The Pursuit of Reason: The Economist 1843-1993, and The Faithful Tribe: An Intimate Portrait of the Loyal Institutions. Also a crime fiction writer, her novels include: Corridors of Death, The Saint Valentine's Day Murders, The English School of Murder, and Clubbed to Death. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Ruth Dudley Edwards
The Seven: The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic (2016) 49 copies, 10 reviews
Associated Works
Down These Green Streets: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century (2011) — Contributor — 24 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1944-05-24
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
- Places of residence
- Dublin, Ireland
England, UK - Education
- University College Dublin
Girton College, Cambridge
Wolfson College, Cambridge - Occupations
- historian
biographer
writer of crime novels - Relationships
- Edwards, Owen Dudley (brother)
Edwards, Robert Dudley (father)
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Reviews
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/an-atlas-of-irish-history-by-ruth-dudley-edwards...
This book dates from half a century ago, when the world was a different place and Irish history was a different discipline. It’s a breezy summary of the main points of Irish history to date, concentrating on the medieval and early modern periods, and the maps, even though they would have been a bit old-fashioned even in 1973, illustrate the narrative.
But there are some odd omissions. After independence, Northern Ireland largely disappears from the narrative. (It gets seven pages in the second last chapter, and the Troubles get one line.) From my political perspective, it would have been interesting to see more mapping of election results across the whole period. The chapter on social change completely misses the elephant in the room, the role of the Catholic church in society.
There is a much newer edition, published in 2005 with contributions from Bridget Hourican, where I believe that these issues have all been addressed. I see reviewers complaining, however, that Bromage’s maps were retained despite not really being with the Zeitgeist; as I said, they look old-fashioned for 1973, let alone 2005 (or 2024).… (more)
This book dates from half a century ago, when the world was a different place and Irish history was a different discipline. It’s a breezy summary of the main points of Irish history to date, concentrating on the medieval and early modern periods, and the maps, even though they would have been a bit old-fashioned even in 1973, illustrate the narrative.
But there are some odd omissions. After independence, Northern Ireland largely disappears from the narrative. (It gets seven pages in the second last chapter, and the Troubles get one line.) From my political perspective, it would have been interesting to see more mapping of election results across the whole period. The chapter on social change completely misses the elephant in the room, the role of the Catholic church in society.
There is a much newer edition, published in 2005 with contributions from Bridget Hourican, where I believe that these issues have all been addressed. I see reviewers complaining, however, that Bromage’s maps were retained despite not really being with the Zeitgeist; as I said, they look old-fashioned for 1973, let alone 2005 (or 2024).… (more)
Jack Troutbottom becomes a baroness and leads fight against banning of fox hunting, murders of lords tied to inheritance, not politics
radical church politics lead to murder in C of E , another Amiss mystery
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- Works
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- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 1,468
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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