An extensive, scholarly biography of Irish leader Michael Davitt after his involvement with the Irish Land League.

Tells the story of a collaboration between two giants of late c19th Irish nationalism: John Devoy and Michael Davitt

In 19th century Ireland, a new crop failure threatened the land and its people. This time round, a radical idea began to take hold: that famine was neither divine nor natural in origin but a political event, based on unequal power relations.

Draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring together 36 leading scholars writing about 400 years of modern Irish history

Little Miss Contrary always says and does the opposite of what she really means, to the confusion of those around her.