Living in Dublin
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2003
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-51132-9 (ISBN)
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-51132-9 (ISBN)
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This volume explores a city that both embodies urban life in a previous century and represents European style in the new millennium, as well as its relationship with the literary life, from Jonathan Swift to Roddy Doyle. It also provides listings of places to stay and eat and a guide to the sights.
With its literary history and Georgian architecture, its modern art galleries and classic pubs, Dublin has become both an international tourist destination and a place for stylish, sophisticated lifestyles. This book explores a city that both embodies urban life in a previous century and represents European style in the new millennium. Dublin's social tradition is represented in the hotels and parks, shops and racecourses - all alive with the resurgent excitement of the city. The book also explores the city's relationship with the literary life, from Jonathan Swift to Roddy Doyle - not to mention Shaw, Yeats, Wilde, Joyce, O'Casey and Beckett. It is completed by listings of places to stay and eat and a guide to the sights of the city.
With its literary history and Georgian architecture, its modern art galleries and classic pubs, Dublin has become both an international tourist destination and a place for stylish, sophisticated lifestyles. This book explores a city that both embodies urban life in a previous century and represents European style in the new millennium. Dublin's social tradition is represented in the hotels and parks, shops and racecourses - all alive with the resurgent excitement of the city. The book also explores the city's relationship with the literary life, from Jonathan Swift to Roddy Doyle - not to mention Shaw, Yeats, Wilde, Joyce, O'Casey and Beckett. It is completed by listings of places to stay and eat and a guide to the sights of the city.
Robert O'Byrne is a full-time writer on the staff of the Irish Times. Alex Ramsay's photographs have most recently been seen in The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Tuscany and The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Provence, both published by Thames & Hudson.
1. To Live in Dublin The City as a work in progress 2. Georgian Dublin's most glorious era and its rich legacy of buildings 3. Social The bars, the sporting events, the streets of this most social of cities 4. Literary An abundance of writers, past and present 5. Contemporary Dublin's renaissance and restoration 6. Living A return to city dwelling in houses old and new 7. Visitors' Guide A selection of the finest addresses in the city
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.9.2003 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 246 colour illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 300 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien |
| Reiseführer ► Europa ► Irland | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-500-51132-2 / 0500511322 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-500-51132-9 / 9780500511329 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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