"The Shelbourne: A Centre In Dublin Life For More Than A Century" 1951 BOWEN, Elizabeth (SOLD)
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BOWEN, Elizabeth
[200] pp.
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd
1951
8" x 5 5/8"
The drawings in this book and for the jacket are by Norah McGuinness
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Elizabeth Bowen takes us on a tour through the history of the famous Dublin landmark, the Shelbourne Hotel, in this evocative account of Irish life. Looking out on Dublin as if from the windows of the Shelbourne, and then turning inward to witness the impact of events on the hotel, its guests and staff, Bowen paints a picture of what was, in the hotel's earlier days, the second city of the Empire, then the battleground of Irish independence and civil strife, and eventually the capital of a republic.