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Jonathan Bardon
Jonathan Bardon is one of Ireland’s most eminent historians. A former lecturer in History at Queens University, Belfast, he has presented several radio documentary series for BBC U...view moreJonathan Bardon is one of Ireland’s most eminent historians. A former lecturer in History at Queens University, Belfast, he has presented several radio documentary series for BBC Ulster and is the author of numerous books now widely acknowledged as classic works of Irish historiography, including A History of Ulster (2001), The Plantation of Ulster (2011) and A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes (2008). In 2002, he was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for his ‘services to community life’ in Northern Ireland. His most recent collaboration with Gill Books was 2015’s Hallelujah, an account of how Handel’s ground-breaking Messiah came to be debuted in Dublin.view less