Author: Spenser, Edmund
Title: A view of the present state of Ireland
Description: Eric Partridge, 1934.1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good/No Jacket.Inscribed by the editor on ffep.(to Lord Nuffield, then a Baronet).A remarkable document prepared by Spenser while serving in Ireland; none too complimentary in parts, it constitutes an eye-witness account of the state of late 16th century Ireland in the form of a dialogue between Eudox and Iren.The language is of Shakespearian vintage and is thus a little obscure in places.About a third of the book is taken up with the editor's Commentary, with extensive end-notes.In English.1 kg.

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