This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for August 2020. Books covered on the show include: 'The Life and Death of Ancient Cities' with Greg Woolf, 'A History of Ireland in International Relations' with Owen Mc Gee, 'The Kings of Aileach and the Vikings, AD 800-1060' with Darren Mc Gettigan, 'An Alien Ideology: Cold War Perceptions of the Irish Republican Left' with John Mulqueen' and 'The Daughters of the First Earl of Cork' with Ann Maria Walsh.