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  | | Uncle Jack(Unabridged) by Peter Somerville-Large Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2016 by Somerville Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9955239-0-6, ISBN: 0-9955239-0-8 "New comic Anglo-Irish novel from the master of the genre. `Somerville-Large's elegant prose sparkles to the very end, keeping the reader constantly entertained'. --Alannah Hopkin, Irish Examiner." |
 | | Ireland from the Air(Updated) by Peter Somerville-Large, Jason Hawkes Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1998 by Phoenix Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7538-0438-4, ISBN: 0-7538-0438-7 "Nowhere is the imprint of the pattern of history on the landscape more evident from the air. Ireland's great castles, cities and fields are seldom seen except from ground level; in this book, aerial photography provides the bigger picture - the lie of the land, the topography of a battlefield, the urban vitality of Dublin, the prosperous plains of Kildare and Meath - all are more vivid viewed through Hawkes's 'bird's eye'. Jason Hawkes ..." |
 | | Mixed Blessings A Novel by Peter Somerville-Large Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2013 by Somerville Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9562231-8-0, ISBN: 0-9562231-8-4 "In PETER SOMERVILLE-LARGE's elegant and scathingly witty novel, Paul Blake-Willoughby, the only child of a mixed marriage, is brought up on an Irish country estate by a Catholic soldier father and an eccentric Protestant mother. Against the backdrop of a large crumbling mansion, various factions, which include his Protestant teachers, a wealthy Church of Ireland Bishop and a succession of Catholic priests, war hilariously over his soul. ..." |
 | | 1854-2004 / The Story of the National Gallery of Ireland by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 477 Pages, Published 2006 by Paul Holberton Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-904288-08-4, ISBN: 1-904288-08-1 "The National Gallery of Ireland was founded in 1854 and has since acquired an extraordinary collection of masterpieces by artists such as Caravaggio, Lanfranco, Poussin, Rubens, Uccello, Velázquez, and Vermeer, as well as British artists such as Gainsborough and Reynolds and the leading lights of Irish art, from James Barry to Jack Yeats. The Gallery has expanded steadily, benefiting from the royalties to the works of George Bernard Sha ..." |
 | | An Irish Childhood(Updated) by Peter Somerville-Large Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2003 by Constable & Robinson Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84119-708-1, ISBN: 1-84119-708-4 "Peter Somerville-Large grew up with his brother Phil in a nursery world at the top of a smart house in Dublin from which they could watch Fitzwilliam Place far below, with the horse drawn delivery vans, the animals being driven to market and their father's patients arriving to visit the consulting rooms on the ground floor. The family had houses in the country too, with livestock and vegetable gardens and a bevy of eccentric relations, ..." |
 | | An Irish childhood by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 246 Pages, Published 2002 by Constable ISBN-13: 978-1-84119-457-8, ISBN: 1-84119-457-3 "Peter Somerville-Large grew up with his brother Phil in a nursery world at the top of a smart house in Dublin from where they could watch Fitzwilliam Place far below, with the horse drawn delivery vans, the animals being driven to market, and their father's patients arriving to visit the consulting rooms on the ground floor. The family had houses in the country too, with livestock and vegetable gardens, and a bevy of eccentric relations ..." |
 | | Irish Voices 50 Years of Irish Life 1916-1966 by Peter Somerville-Large, Mark Fiennes Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1999 by Random House Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-7011-6866-7, ISBN: 0-7011-6866-8 "The weaving of fact and folklore is the essence of Peter Somerville-Large's fascinating history of 50 years of Irish life. The book is filled with historical and cultural detail unsullied by proselytism or sentimentality. Throughout, the reader can hear the voices of the Irish—commentary by both contemporary writers and those who lived through the events and crises they describe are seamlessly woven into the text. Peter Somerville-Large ..." |
 | | The Mount Street Club Dublin's Unique Response to Unemployment 1934 - Present by Colin Murphy, Mary E. Daly, Peter Somerville-Large, Oisín Quinn, Peter Sommerville-Large Hardcover, 356 Pages, Published 2014 by The Mercier Press Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-78117-172-1, ISBN: 1-78117-172-6 "In 1934 a group of notable Dublin businessmen decided to combat the poverty all around them by setting up an unemployed men's 'club', wherein men could earn 'tallies' which they could exchange for food, clothing, fuel or furniture. They were very successful and, at its peak, during the Second World War, the club had 6,000 members working on its premises in Mount Street, on its farm in Clondalkin and in allotments in Merrion and Sydney P ..." |
 | | No Lovelier City A Portrait of Cork by Anthony Barry, Peter Somerville-Large Paperback, 107 Pages, Published 2004 by Mercier Press ISBN-13: 978-1-85635-458-5, ISBN: 1-85635-458-X "This book celebrates the artistic achievement of Anthony Barry who captured the spirit of his native city of Cork in a remarkable collection of photographs. The photographs in this book are drawn from an archive of seven thousand pictures which portray Cork life in the 1950s and 1960s. Over twenty years, during his leisure time, he walked around Cork with his Leica and Rolliflex and took pictures of every aspect of the city. This collec ..." |
 | | Dublin(Updated) The Fair City by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 1996 by Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-85619-791-5, ISBN: 1-85619-791-3 "Exploring the development of Dublin from the intimate centre over which Leopold Bloom wandered, where George Moore and W.B. Yeats met casually, to the undistinguished urban sprawl of today. It presents a portrait of the heritage and atmosphere of this Irish city." |
 | | The Grand Irish Tour(Updated) by Peter. Somerville-Large Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1985 by Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-14-009529-6, ISBN: 0-14-009529-2 |
 | | DUBLIN by Peter Somerville-Large Paperback, 330 Pages, Published 1979 by London : Granada ISBN-13: 978-0-586-05236-5, ISBN: 0-586-05236-4 "A detailed and impressive history of this colorful city from its beginnings as a Viking settlement to the present day." |
 | | Irish Eccentrics A Selection(1st Edition) by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 286 Pages, Published 1975 by Harper And Row ISBN-13: 978-0-06-013908-7, ISBN: 0-06-013908-0 "MacThomas, Eamonn. Me Jewel and Darlin Dublin. Dublin, 1974 Madden, O. Revelations of Ireland. Dublin, 1848 Malcomson, APW The extraordinary career of the ..." |
 | | An Irish Childhood(Large Print) by Peter Somerville-Large Paperback, 300 Pages, Published 2002 by Chivers Press Large Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7862-4238-2, ISBN: 0-7862-4238-8 "Peter Somerville-Large grew up with his brother Phil in a nursery world at the top of a smart house in Dublin from where they could watch Fitzwilliam Place far below, with the horse drawn delivery vans, the animals being driven to market, and their father's patients arriving to visit the consulting rooms on the ground floor. The family had houses in the country too, with livestock and vegetable gardens, and a bevy of eccentric relations ..." |
 | | Ireland's Islands(Updated) by Peter Somerville-Large, David Lyons Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2001 by Gill & Macmillan, Ltd. (Ireland) ISBN-13: 978-0-7171-3207-2, ISBN: 0-7171-3207-2 "The islands of Ireland are scattered like jewels around the Emerald Isle, and this book celebrates them in all their rough-hewn beauty and diversity. While it is said there are as many islands around the coast of Ireland as there are days of the year, 'Ireland's Islands' considers 19 major islands, or island groups - from around the entire coastline - in terms of their most significant characteristics. These could be their history, the ..." |
 | | Irish Voices An Informal History: An Informal History 1916-1966 by Peter Somerville-Large Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2000 by Random House (Uk) ISBN-13: 978-0-7126-6532-2, ISBN: 0-7126-6532-3 |
 | | Ireland's Islands Their Landscape, Life and Legends by Peter Somerville-Large, David Lyons Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1999 by Gill & Macmillan Ltd Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7171-2594-4, ISBN: 0-7171-2594-7 |
 | | Ireland from the Air by Peter Somerville-Large, Jason Hawkes Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1997 by Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-297-83474-8, ISBN: 0-297-83474-6 "Nowhere is the imprint of the pattern of history on the landscape more evident than from the air. Ireland's great castles, cities and fields are revealed in this collection of aerial photographs, offering a unique perspective on a beautiful country." |
 | | Legendary Ireland(Illustrated) by Peter Somerville-Large, Tom Kelly, Somerville-Large Kelly Hardcover, 155 Pages, Published 1995 by Natl Book Network Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-57098-048-0, ISBN: 1-57098-048-9 "The partnership of one of Ireland's best-known authors, Peter Somerville-Large, and well-known photographer, Tom Kelly, proves successful in Legendary Ireland. A collection of magnificent photographs of Irish landscape, art, architecture, and people, accompanied by lucid descriptions and historical significance, this book will surely delight lovers of Ireland, folklore enthusiasts, and those who love the art of photography alike." |
 | | Legendary Ireland by Tom Kelly, Peter Somerville-Large Paperback, 172 Pages, Published 1995 by Town House ISBN-13: 978-0-946172-55-9, ISBN: 0-946172-55-2 |
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