Long Shadows Cast Before: Nine Lives in Ulster, 1625 - 1977

1978. xiv, 162pp. B&W woodcut to front. "This book is at once a chronicle of the [County Down] family's adventures and fortunes over three chequered centuries of Irish history, and an autobiographical account of the author's own expereinces.By using his family's history to vary the focus and perspective in which recent events are seen, Charles Brett depicts, with a mixutre of affection and detachment, the troubled province in which his roots go deep." Dust jacket has light wear to edges and corners with mild browning to spine. Not price-clipped. Book has gilt titles to spine. Boards, pages, and contents are in NF condition with no inscriptions.