The Wild Irish Girl (Mothers of the novel) (Revolution & Romanticism S., 1789-1834)

by Lady Morgan

Kathryn Kirkpatrick

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'I long to study the purely national, natural character of an Irishwoman' When Horatio, the son of an English lord, is banished to his father's Irish estate as punishment for gambling debts and dissipated living, he adopts the persona of knight errant and goes off in search of adventure. On the wild west coast of Connaught he finds remnants of a romantic Gaelic past a dilapidated castle, a Catholic priest, a deposed king and the king's lovely and learned daughter, Glorvina. In this setting and among these characters Horatio learns the history, culture and language of a country he...Read more
  • ISBN10 0192832832
  • ISBN13 9780192832832
  • Publish Date 6 May 1999 (first published 25 September 1986)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 27 August 2008
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Imprint Oxford Paperbacks
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 290
  • Language English