The Shelbourne
Author: Bowen, Elizabeth
ISBN: 9780099284857
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Jun 2001
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
The history of Dublin's famous Shelbourne Hotel, told by one of Ireland's most brilliant novelists
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.
ISBN: 9780099284857
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Jun 2001
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
The history of Dublin's famous Shelbourne Hotel, told by one of Ireland's most brilliant novelists
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.
