Crown and the shamrock - Mary Kenny

In a fascinating study of the links between Ireland and the British Monarchy, well-known writer and journalist Mary Kenny has found a fresh perspective in the relationship between Britain and Ireland. The relationships between royalty, past and present, are examined and illustrated in an absorbing, beautifully written account. Based on unique access to the Royal Archives in Windsor, and other historical material, as well as on personal memoir, Mary Kenny reveals some previously unappreciated aspects of the Crown and Shamrock, including Edward VIIis exceptionally benign attitudes to Catholics, George Vis obsessive worries about civil war between North and South, and how Ireland was constitutionally