A collection of essays drawn from "Escape from the Anthill", "The Children of Drancy" and "The Grandmother and Wolfe Tone". Written between 1930-1988 they range from atmostpheric sketches of the legacy of Anglo-Irish culture to meditations on the themes of 20th-century European history.

The Sub-prefect Should Have Held His Tongue and Other Essays

Literature & Fiction

Hubert Butler

History & Criticism

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Escape from the anthill

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

The Lilliput Press Ltd

Wolfe Tone and the common name of Irishman (Lilliput pamphlets)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

<p>'He has all the essayist's gifts: a clear, strong prose, a fascination with everyday affairs and their significance sub specie aternitatis, a readiness to generalize, the ability to digress without wandering from the point, to inform without pedantry and enlighten without condescension, to give us pleasure simply by sharing his thoughts.' -- Hugh Bredin This volume contains an essential selection of Hubert Butler's essays on Ireland, written over four decades: reflective, autobiographical pieces which describe a local habitation and a place, but gravitate unerringly towards the great issues of the day - neutrality, partition, censorship, religion, nationalism. With his incisive considerations of individual and political identity, Butler joins the great tradition of Irish libertarians going back to Swift and Burke.</p>

The Eggman and the Fairies

Notting Hill Editions

The Invader Wore Slippers

Reference

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