Presents the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 BC, when nomadic hunter-gatherers appeared in Ireland at the end of the last Ice Age, to 1167 AD, when a Norman invasion brought the country under control of the English crown for the first time. This book also looks at contemporary Ireland's connection with its past.

In conversations with the poet-biographer Felix Chuev, Molotov offers an incomparable view of the politics of Soviet society and the nature of Kremlin leadership under communism. Filled with startling insights and indelible portraits, the book is an historical source of the first order. OA mesmerizing and chilling chronicle.ONKirkus Reviews.