The Bordeaux-Dublin Letters, 1757: Correspondence of an Irish Community Abroad

by John Shovlin, Thomas M. Truxes, L.M. Cullen

The book presents 125 letters carried aboard a ship, the Two Sisters of Dublin, captured at sea in 1757, in the midst of the Seven Years War (1756-1763). Most of the letters lay unopened for 250 years until they were rediscovered in the UK National Archives in 2011.

The letters from members of the Irish community in Bordeaux and their relatives, friends and trading partners in Ireland communicate the concerns and understandings of ordinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197265626
• ISBN13: 9780197265628
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"