Between 1720 and 1734 Swift poured his fury at English misrule into a series of Irish pamphlets. This selection includes the Drapier’s Letters against Wood’s halfpence, A Short View of the State of Ireland, The Story of the Injured Lady, letters on the weavers and on improving Ireland, and his description of Quilca, with a historical introduction.
Swift at his most political, essential for understanding eighteenth-century Ireland and the satirist behind Gulliver. Download the free EPUB.