A Walk in the Dark Ages by Frank Delaney PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE THUS: "for Paul & Betty Bass - With best wishes, Frank Delaney"; 1988 Collins 1st ed, 246pp., text in good order, very slight bumping to board corners, slight bumping & rubbing to top, bottom & sides of
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In this account of the imaginary wanderings of an Irish monk/scholar across the Europe of 13 centuries ago, Frank Delaney uses a blend of history, lore, scholarship, travel and travellers' tales to relate the journey from a monastery in the south of Ireland to the gleaming towers of Byzantium. Along the way the traveller visits the shrines of 7th Century England and the courts of the Saxon Kings, the wealthy farms of Normandy and Marne and the sites of great European fairs in Avignon and Cologne. He observes the ruined villas and temples of Ancient Rome and passes across the sea to the palaces of Constantinople, once regarded as the centre of the world. The award winning writer and broadcaster, Frank Delaney examines in his
commentary the emerging patterns of political and social Europe, exploring legend, literature and landscape in his attempt to provide a literary portrait of the life of the time.
Frank Delaney (24 October 1942 – 21 February 2017) was an Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He was the author of The New York Times best-seller Ireland, the non-fiction book Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea, and many other works of fiction, non-fiction and collections. He was born in Tipperary, Ireland. His first book, James Joyce's Odyssey (1981), was well received and became a best-seller in the UK and Ireland. He wrote and presented the six-part documentary series The Celts (1987) for the BBC, and wrote the accompanying book. He subsequently wrote five books of non-fiction (including Simple Courage), ten novels (including Ireland, Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show and Tipperary), one novella, and a number of short stories. He also edited many compilations of essays and poetry. Delaney wrote the screenplay for an adaptation of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002), which starred Martin Clunes and was shown on ITV in Britain, and in the Masterpiece Theatre series in the United States. His articles were published by newspapers in United States, the UK and Ireland, including on the Op-ed pages of The New York Times. He was a frequent public speaker, and was a contributor and guest on National Public Radio (NPR) programmes. On Bloomsday 2010, Delaney launched Re:Joyce, a series of short weekly podcasts that go page-by-page through James Joyce's Ulysses, discussing its allusions, historical context and references. Delaney lived in Ireland, England and the USA.
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