An Illustrated History of Ireland from Ad 400 to 1800 - Softcover

Cusack, Mary Frances

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1409926397 ISBN 13: 9781409926399

Publisher: Dodo Pr, 2009

Synopsis

Margaret Anna Cusack (1832-1899), who also wrote as MFC, Sister, Mary Frances Cusack, and Vigilant, was a Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. She was a strong advocate for the poor and oppressed, especially women. At the age of 29 she was received into the Catholic Church and immediatey joined the Poor Clares in Newry, County Down. During her stay at Kenmare she dedicated herself to her writings, which ranged from biographies of saints to pamphlets on social issues. She wrote 35 books, including many popular, pious and sentimental texts on private devotions, poems, Irish history and biography and founded Kenmare Publications, through which 200,000 volumes of her works were issued in under ten years. Chief amongst her works are: A Student's History of Ireland (1870), Woman's Work in Modern Society (1872), The Liberator (1872), The Pilgrim's Way to Heaven (1873), The Book of the Blessed Ones (1874), A Nun's Advice to Her Girls (1877) and St. Patrick, St. Columba, and St. Bridget (1877). Two autobiographies are The Nun of Kenmare (1888) and The Story of My Life (1893).

About this edition

• Publisher: Dodo Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1409926397
• ISBN 13: 9781409926399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408
• Illustrator: Doyle Henry