★Anne announces her new book★


★‘LIVING LIVES: A BIOGRAPHER’S JOURNEY’★

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•At a reception hosted in the wonderful Hodges Figgis bookshop, Dawson Street, Dublin attended by family, friends and fans, Anne’s latest book, ‘LIVING LIVES: A Biographer’s Journey’ was launched by former Taoiseach, Enda Kenny.

•An established and award-winning writer in the art of biography for over 40 years, from pirate, prince, patriot, prima-donna, playboy planter emancipator, to forgotten survivors of conquest, her biographies have rescued and reinstated the lives of some remarkable men and women.

•In ★LIVING LIVES★ we are introduced to the art and methodology of writing biography as Anne brings her reader along on her exciting and diverse voyages of discovery through epochs, countries and cultures.

•As Anne noted in her launch speech,

‘in this age of narcissistic captivation with the individual self
it comes as somewhat of a relief that through the art of
biography one can shine a light and learn about the life of
someone else, someone who made a genuine contribution to
their time on this earth’.

 

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Grace O’Malley

Ireland’s iconic feminist trailblazer

 


The endurance and popularity of her biography reflects the sheer magnetism of its subject. Grace O’Malley (Granuaile) continues to enthral, inspire and capture the imagination of new generations of devotees worldwide as she undoubtedly first captured mine.

For many centuries Grace O’Malley was a victim of the mainly male orientation of historical record. While she had more than created her own legend, nonetheless, she never appeared in the pages of my school history books which left me to wonder, no doubt like many more, if she had ever existed. Despite the fact, as I subsequently discovered, her life is well documented in the Elizabethan State Papers and other contemporary collections of her time and her name enshrined in the famous 1599 Boazio map of Ireland (the only female leader ever so listed) it was her absence from Irish historical record that initially motivated my own interest

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New TV Feature on Grace O’Malley.


A new TV feature on Grace O’Malley – Ireland’s Pirate Queen with her biographer, ANNE CHAMBERS, ★ will be broadcast by the European TV Channel ARTE at 5.30 pm on 3 February. ★ Dedicated to culture and travel the popular ARTE channel is broadcast across all European countries.

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Grace O'Malley: The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen, 1530-1603 is the sole published biographical account of Grace O’Malley, sourced from original manuscript material, both in public and in private domain. For the latter, the author, Anne Chambers, had sole and exclusive access. Much of this material was located and decyphered in its original form (i.e.16th century manuscripts) by the author and is exclusive to her book. Furthermore, the presentation, opinions and analyses in the book are exclusive to the author. The author reserves all her rights in this book. No part of her book may be reproduced or utilised in any form or media, written or oral, or by means digital, electronic or mechanical, including photographic, film, video recording, photocopying, or by any information storage and retrieval system. Permission from the author and publisher must first be obtained to reproduce any part of or quotations from the book. Any transgression in this regard will be addressed. For more information, comments or enquiries please contact: Info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Copyright © 2025.

 

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