Frank Delaney SIGNED Walk In The Dark Ages Irish Ireland Byzantium Saxon Europe

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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
boards, bumping & rubbing to top & bottom of spine, both boards a bit  marked, the dust jacket is a bit rubbed & creased at top & bottom with
scuffing & slight loss to corners & to top & bottom of spine & with a  number of scratches & indentations on front & rear.

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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  • Condition: Good
  • Personalised: Yes
  • Signed By: The Author
  • Book Title: A Walk in the Dark Ages
  • Signed: Yes
  • Custom Bundle: No
  • Ex Libris: No
  • Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
  • Publisher: Collins
  • Inscribed: Yes
  • Publication Year: 1988
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Language: English
  • Author: Frank Delaney
  • Features: Inscribed by the Author, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
  • Genre: History
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Topic: History, Christian History
  • Number of Pages: 246
  • ISBN: 0002178583

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