Red plague

Reinventing Ireland from afar

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  • Published 20200804
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-50-4
  • Extent: 304pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

You taught me language, and my profit on’t
Is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
For learning me your language!

Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2

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Michael Cooney

Michael Cooney is author of The Gillard Project (Penguin, 2015) and was speechwriter to Prime Minister Julia Gillard. He was senior adviser at the...

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