IRISH DIASPORA: Tales of Emigration, Exile and Imperialism

Here is the Emerald Exodus beginning with Columbanus and the Merovingian Kings, Virgilius of Salzburg, Brendan the Navigator, Helias of Cologne, Jacobo of Ireland and the Mongol Empire, Luke Wadding and the Vatican Elite and a Host of Original Zorros, Slave Traders, the Architect of the White House, A Conqueror of the Punjab, A Crusoe of the Galapagos, Father of the Gurkhas, Buffalo Slayer, Margaret of New Orleans, Children of the Great Hunger, The Railroad Men, The Conquest of Peru, Hollywood Stars like the Moore Brothers, Churchill's Spin-Doctor, The Irish in the White House and Reflections on Irish Identity are just some of the fascinating chapters. The Irish have always been a travelling people and in the centuries after the fall of Rome, Irish missionaries carried the word of Christianity throughout Europe, while soldiers and mariners ventured overseas in all directions. Since 1800 an estimated 10 million people have left the Irish shores and today more than 80 million worldwide claim Irish descent. The Irish played a pivotal role in the foundation of the United States of America and in the events of global history. They include Abbé Edgeworth, Confessor to Louis XIV at his execution during the French Revolution, Margaretta Eagar, governess to the daughters of Nicolas II, the last Tsar of Russia, and William Lamport who travelled from County Wexford to Central America and became Don Guillén, a martyr for Mexican independence. Turtle Bunbury explores the lives of those men, women, great and otherwise who have left their mark on the world. With 29 illustrations, 288pp, colour plates and map in a glamorous Thames & Hudson publication.