The Burning Of Bridget Cleary

Fascinating... passionate and thought-provoking... a creative, stimulating book that deserves to win many readers -- Patrick French * Sunday Times * One of those rare books that becomes an instantaneous classic * Independent * Scrupulous, clear micro-history at its best -- Marina Warner, Books of the Year * Times Literary Supplement * Angela Bourke's fascinating, disturbing and powerful book tells a compelling and tragic story * Financial Times * The story of Bridget Cleary's death is a parable for a changing world, a well-researched and horrifying account of what could happen in the region where myth and modernity collide...As dramatic a murder mystery as any devotee of the genre could long for...And it is the rich abundance of ideas that makes this a uniquely important historical work * Irish News * Exemplary in its restraint, scrupulousness and empathy, it is also beautifully written -- Roy Foster, Books of the Year * Times Literary Supplement * 'A sad but spellbinding story, told with artistic tact and a humane concern for all caught up in the terrible event. The Burning of Bridget Cleary draws on oral tradition, reportage, popular culture and high literature to show how the past may persist in the present -- Declan Kiberd The story of the killing of Bridget Cleary is so brilliantly researched and narrated that it becomes a parable of the cultural and political relationship between Ireland and Britain at the end of the last century... A classic account -- Seamus Deane