{"product_id":"a-little-gaelic-kingdom-paperback","title":"A Little Gaelic Kingdom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A masterpiece of travel and topographical writing, and an incomparable and enthralling meditation on times past.\"--John Banville\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"He knows this world as no one else does, and writes about it with awe and love, but also with measured grace, an artist's eye and a scientist's sensibility.\"--Colm T?ib?n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its landscape, history, language, and folklore, the Connemara region on Ireland's wild and windswept West Coast is a dramatic and breathtaking place. From its fabled villages, seaside cliffs, bogs, lakes, coral beaches, stark mountains, and ever-meandering country roads lined with stone walls, this rugged kingdom surprises and inspires, and nobody knows this more than artist, cartographer, and celebrated writer Tim Robinson. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Little Gaelic Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, Robinson brings this enchanting Irish peninsula rapturously to life. Setting off, he embarks on a walking journey, traversing and exploring the natural world, while revealing the history, mystery, language, and people that have indelibly shaped this much-mythologized countryside. From the glacial valley of Maam to the fishing villages and rocky shorelines of the region's archipelago, Robinson carries encyclopedic knowledge, great curiosity, and a deep love of place and its inhabitants with him on this engaging and evocative journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully crafted and intimately rendered, \u003ci\u003eA Little Gaelic Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless and revelatory work of travel and nature writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Robinson (1935-2020) studied mathematics at Cambridge and worked for many years as a teacher and visual artist in Istanbul, Vienna, and London. In 1972 he moved to the Aran Islands and in 1986 his first book, \u003ci\u003e Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e, was published to great acclaim. The second volume, \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran: Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1995. His Connemara trilogy began in 2006 with \u003ci\u003eListening to the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Irish Book Award for Nonfiction, and continued with \u003ci\u003eThe Last Pool of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and finally \u003ci\u003eA Little Gaelic Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984007594285,"sku":"9781571313737","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/kjk7GwQyfa9781571313737.webp?v=1776081350","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-little-gaelic-kingdom-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}