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Tuesday 8 February 2011

The Men Who Built Britain: Veteran's Edition


THE MEN WHO BUILT BRITAIN - SPECIAL VETERAN'S EDITION

Re-published by Potter's Yard Press after several years out of print, and featuring a new specially commissioned jacket design, The Men Who Built Britain is a large-format book, measuring 250 X 210 mm., containing 272 pages and many original black & white illustrations. It is regarded as the definitive history of the Irish in British Construction.

The book retail's in hardback at £25/€26.99 or £15/E16.99 in paperback, excluding shipping. Order directly for a signed copy!

Reviews of The Men Who Built Britain:

‘FASCINATING AND INVALUABLE’ BOOKS IRELAND

‘THE AUTHOR’S DISTINCTION IS TO HAVE SOUGHT THESE VOICES OUT AND PLACED THEM ON RECORD…THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND IMPRESSIVE BOOK WHICH DOES THE IRISH IN BRITAIN A GREAT SERVICE’ IRISH POST

‘TOLD WITH UNBLINKING HONESTY’ IRISH INDEPENDENT

'A STUDY OF OUTSTANDING QUALITY AND BALANCE’

JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION HISTORY

PERSONAL LETTER:

‘Congratulations on your book. You told it as it was. It brought back anger, sadness, and tears. It also brought back memories of pride, joy, and laughter; of men who earned their bread by the sweat of their brow. God rest those who are gone’.