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Maeve Brennan: Wit, Style and Tragedy: An Irish Writer in New York

Maeve Brennan: Wit, Style and Tragedy: An Irish Writer in New York

by Angela Bourke

The first book about Maeve Brennan, the recently rediscovered New Yorker writer from Ireland, who wrote ...

The Burning Of Bridget Cleary: A True Story

The Burning Of Bridget Cleary: A True Story

by Angela Bourke

An extraordinary piece of social history - the lurid and fascinating story of a murder that shook Ireland ...

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Angela Bourke

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Angela Bourke

Angela Bourke is the author of The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story (winner of several awards, including the Irish Times Literature Prize for Irish Non-Fiction), Maeve Brennan and By Salt Water. Born in Dublin she spent long periods in the USA, and has held visiting academic positions at Harvard University, Boston College and the University of Minnesota. A leading scholar in interdisciplinary Irish Studies, Angela Bourke writes in Irish and English, and makes frequent appearances on television and radio. She is Senior Lecturer in Irish at University College Dublin, The National University of Ireland, Dublin.


Books by Angela Bourke

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The Burning Of Bridget Cleary: A True Story

The Burning Of Bridget Cleary: A True Story

by Angela Bourke

An extraordinary piece of social history - the lurid and fascinating story of a murder that shook Ireland at the turn of the century.

Maeve Brennan: Wit, Style and Tragedy: An Irish Writer in New York

Maeve Brennan: Wit, Style and Tragedy: An Irish Writer in New York

by Angela Bourke

The first book about Maeve Brennan, the recently rediscovered New Yorker writer from Ireland, who wrote like an angel, and looked like a fashion model, but became homeless in Manhattan in the 1970s and ...

Books: 2
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