Foley's Asia - A Sketchbook

The powerful, suggestive sketches of these Irishmen speak for generations gone. Engagements, atrocities and counter-atrocities are colourfully drawn in a language of heroism that conveys that turbulent, chaotic thing that was Britain's empire in Asia.

About the author

RONAN SHEEHAN, co-founder of the Irish Writer's Co-Op, is author of The Tennis Players (1977), Boy with an Injured Eye (1983) and The Heart of the City (1988). He won the Rooney Prize for Literature in 1984.

Summary

The powerful, suggestive sketches of these Irishmen speak for generations gone. Engagements, atrocities and counter-atrocities are colourfully drawn in a language of heroism that conveys that turbulent, chaotic thing that was Britain's empire in Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Ronan Sheehan
• Publisher: The Lilliput Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.1999
• EAN: 9781901866360
• ISBN: 978-1-901866-36-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 226 mm x 142 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 316 g
• Subject: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales