{"title":"Books by Angela Byrne","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781843518938","title":"Anarchy and Authority","description":"\u003cp\u003eConnections between the peoples of Ireland and Russia stretch back centuries, from the modern Post-Soviet period, through the turmoil of the twentieth century, and back deep into the foundations of the Romanov empire. In Angela Byrne’s illuminating new work \u003ci\u003eAnarchy and Authority\u003c\/i\u003e, readers follow the Irish men and women who ventured forth into the Russian empire during the two long centuries from the reign of Peter the Great until the end of Romanov rule in the early twentieth century. Human connections, political intrigues, cultural influence and sweeping historical narratives are brought alive here through first-hand contemporary Irish accounts. This is the story of the island and the empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough meticulous research, Byrne has unearthed firsthand writings and reports from Irish residents, travellers and migrants to Russia from that time, ranging from diplomats and governesses, to early tourists, travel writers, servants and even a revolutionary music-teacher. Military careers proved a continual channel of advancement for Irishmen through the eighteenth century, which brought them close to the sources of power. They and their families occupied privileged positions in society, benefitting from the imperial wars waged by the Russian state. Other Irish observers bore witness to the horrors of serfdom and the oppression of dissenting voices through exile, imprisonment without trial and forced labour in Siberia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnarchy and Authority \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to vivid life these Irish perspectives, opening an invaluable door into the history of Ireland’s relationship with Russia on a human level.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308019921269,"sku":"9781843518938","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781843518938_4f757f13-fc6f-4870-bca3-1f538d7550c2.jpg?v=1786028090"},{"product_id":"9781801511742","title":"Finding Mary","description":"\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312947474805,"sku":"9781801511742","price":11.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781801511742.jpg?v=1790000730"},{"product_id":"9781802050455","title":"Ballyshannon\/Béal Átha Seanaidh","description":"This new historical atlas explores the town of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal from its origins to the present day. It traces the town’s development from a fording point and O’Donnell stronghold, through its nineteenth-century heyday as a thriving port and market town with international trading connections, into the twenty-first century. The volume includes large-format reproductions of historic maps, views and photographs from the late sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, as well as specially created thematic maps. A gazetteer of over 680 sites and an accompanying essay provide a detailed topographical history of the town up to c. 1900.The Irish Historic Towns Atlas is a long-term research programme of the Royal Irish Academy. Since publication began in 1986, thirty-two atlases of Irish towns and cities, north and south, have been published. The atlases are produced following basic principles, making it possible to compare and contrast places with one another. Ballyshannon now joins the north-western town of Sligo and city of Derry, as well as over 600 European towns and cities produced as part of a wider International scheme. See www.ihta.ie for more information.Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 32, Ballyshannon\/Béal Átha Seanaidh, by Angela Byrne is published by the Royal Irish Academy and has been supported by Donegal County Council and The Heritage Council as part of the implementation of the County Donegal Heritage Plan. Maps produced in association with Tailte Éireann.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420009542005,"sku":"9781802050455","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781802050455_c75d72b7-4bc6-4285-8222-f4ac419ddf2f.jpg?v=1786026799"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-angela-byrne.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}