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The ship Two Sisters, captured in 1757 in the midst of the Seven Years War, was carrying letters from the Irish community in Bordeaux. Most of the 125 letters lay unopened until 2011. Now, translated and annotated, they communicate the everyday concerns of people separated in wartime and shed light on early modern trade and expatriate communities.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- I: The Two Sisters of Dublin
- II: 1757
- III: The Irish Community in Bordeaux
- IV: The Letters
- V: Methodology
- THE BORDEAUX-DUBLIN LETTERS, 1757
- Appendices
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Louis Cullen is Professor Emeritus of Modern Irish History, Trinity College Dublin
John Shovlin is Associate Professor of History, New York University
Thomas Truxes is Clinical Associate Professor of Irish Studies and History, New York University
Zusammenfassung
The ship Two Sisters, captured in 1757 in the midst of the Seven Years War, was carrying letters from the Irish community in Bordeaux. Most of the 125 letters lay unopened until 2011. Now, translated and annotated, they communicate the everyday concerns of people separated in wartime and shed light on early modern trade and expatriate communities.
Zusatztext
This is much more than a mere edition of letters. It should be read by anyone interested in eighteenth-century Britain, France, trade or war.
