Pat Connor Boeken

Rick Steves Best of Ireland puts the very best of Ireland in your hands, whether that's navigating the windswept crags on the dramatic Dingle Peninsula or hoisting a pint at the local pub

Rick Steves dives into the heart and soul of the Emerald Isle with this bestselling comprehensive guide, revised annually.

Excerpted from Rick's comprehensive European guides, these lightweight, portable guides are a good choice for travellers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations

Rick Steves dives into the heart and soul of the Emerald Isle with this bestselling comprehensive guide

Excerpted from Rick's comprehensive European guides, these lightweight, portable guides are a good choice for travelers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations

Rick Steves' Snapshot guides are the best choice for travelers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations.

A dramatic new story set in the Irish corridors of power during the Second World War. Sometimes the past is too frightening to visit.

Rick Steves offers his signature advice on the most worthwhile sights and experiences in Northern Ireland in this fully revised guidebook excerpted from Rick Steves Ireland

In 1861 nineteen-year-old Bertie, Prince of Wales, began an affair with the Irish actress Nellie Cliffden. By Royal Appointment is a fictionalised account of their story, based on true events. In the years following the Great Famine of the 1840's, Queen Victoria has become deeply unpopular in Ireland. In 1861, as an official visit from the monarch is planned to win over her Irish subjects, her son Bertie is dispatched to County Kildare for military training as part of the charm offensive. Bertie has undergone a life of duty, protocol and a harsh educational regime. As a frantic search is under way to find him a suitable princess to marry, he relishes the prospect of freedom from court life in Ireland. There, he is quickly introduced to a life of decadence and soon presented to the notorious actress Nellie Cliffden. Nellie is as famous for her shocking behaviour as her beauty. A famine orphan who has climbed the ladder of society by any means she could, even she is shocked to find herself in the company of the Prince of Wales. When Bertie and Nellie fall in love, the royal family is engulfed in a scandal threatening the future of the monarchy and Nellie becomes a pawn in a dangerous world of power, politics and blackmail.

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