The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics (Paperback)

'Clear-eyed ... It isn't often that writing on Brexit and Ireland is so uniformly unsparing and devoid of lazy moralism. This is a rare pleasure ... Anyone who wishes to understand why Brexit is so intractable should read this book. I can think of several MPs who ought to.' - Patrick Maguire, The Times

'A clear and concise history ... Ferriter's judicious book shows that Brexiters' recklessness, such "contemptuous arrogance", is nothing new, and that it has always been the ordinary people of Northern Ireland who have paid its price. They deserve better.' - Christopher Kissane, The Guardian

'A wide-ranging history of Irish partition ... skilfully condenses a vast amount of research into a coherent narrative packed with striking quotes and acerbic commentaries ... erudite and insightful' - Andrew Lynch, The Irish Independent

'A timely historical essay' - The Economist

'The Border is an invaluable new addition to the growing canon of Border literature... a very readable book ... it has a chronological precision one expects from a historian, yet its pacy and concise narrative runs to just 144 pages and takes readers up to last week's headlines. One can't help wondering if it has the immediacy of a background executive summary for the next round of on-off Brexit negotiations.' - Darach MacDonald, The Irish Times

'Richly detailed ... Ferriter is scrupulous in striving for historical objectivity' - Andrew Anthony, The Observer