Luck and the Irish

Roy Foster is one of Ireland's leading historians, the author of the much acclaimed two-volume biography of Yeats as well as the definitive history Modern Ireland, which has been hailed as "e;dazzling"e; (New York Times Book Review) and "e;elegant, erudite, wise, witty"e; (Irish Times). Now, this brilliant writer offers a "e;short and combative"e; account of Ireland's astonishing transformation ov...