{"title":"Gillian O'Brien","description":"\u003cp\u003eGillian O'Brien offers insightful explorations into history with a focus on succinct, engaging narratives. Her works often illuminate the rich tapestry of Ireland’s past, blending scholarly research with accessible storytelling that appeals to both casual readers and history enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtfully crafted accounts that bring historical events and cities like Dublin vividly to life. O'Brien's clear and concise style invites reflection on the broader social and cultural contexts shaping history, making her a compelling voice in the \u003cem\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/em\u003e category.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-shortest-history-of-dublin-by-gillian-obrien-9781760645618","title":"The Shortest History of Dublin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDublin is a city steeped in its past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDublin has never been a place easily reduced to a single story. Developed as a Viking settlement, it became the difficult second city of the British Empire – a colonial capital that served empire rather than nation. For centuries it strained to rival London; later it struggled to define itself apart from it. Yet today it stands as an increasingly multicultural global city with a rich literary past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shortest History of Dublin\u003c\/em\u003e explores that restless inheritance – the ways in which Dublin remembers, forgets and remakes itself. It shows how Dublin's truest identity endures in the words of its greatest writers, from the likes of Joyce and Yeats to modern authors Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Sebastian Barry and Sally Rooney. And that the challenge of this city of music, writing, architecture and craic is to balance change with character, growth with memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976801796332,"sku":"9781760645618","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781760645618-the-shortest-history-of-dublin.jpg?v=1784699747"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/gillian-obrien.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}