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The Boys(Updated)
Biography of Michael MacLiammoir & Hilton Edwards
by Christopher Fitz-Simon
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2002 by New Island Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-904301-04-2, ISBN: 1-904301-04-5

"An excellent biography.""-Hugh Leonard. Ireland's inter-war years possessed an unprecedented artistic vibrancy. Two figures of genius dominated the artistic scene in Dublin during this period. Hilton Edwards and Michael MacLiammoir were actors of formidable range and power. Edwards was also one of the finest theater directors in the English-speaking world; MacLiammoir was also a set designer and playwright. Together they founded the Gat ..."

New Plays from the Abbey Theatre 19961998 v 2 Irish Studies Volume Two, 19961998(1st Edition)
by Editor-Judy Friel, Judy Friel, Editor-Sanford Sternlicht, Christopher Fitz-Simon, Sanford V. Sternlicht, Michael P. Harding, Sanford Sternlicht
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2001 by Syracuse University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-2928-3, ISBN: 0-8156-2928-1

"The selected plays show the extraordinary variety of Irish drama today as well as the brilliance of Irish playwrights, both seasoned veterans and those beginning to build reputations on the stages of the world's premier national theatre, The Abbey. The first play by award-winning playwright Michael Harding, "Sour Grapes", explores the taboos of seminary life including paedophilia and homosexuality. Thomas Kilroy's "The Secret Fall of Co ..."

New Plays from the Abbey Theatre(1st Edition)
1996-1998 (Irish Studies (Syracuse, N.Y.).)
by Judy Friel, Sanford Sternlicht, Christopher Fitz-Simon, Michael P. Harding, Thomas Kilroy, Alex Johnston, Marina Carr, Sanford V. Sternlicht
Paperback, 245 Pages, Published 2001 by Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-0723-6, ISBN: 0-8156-0723-7

"The selected plays show the extraordinary variety of Irish drama today as well as the brilliance of Irish playwrights, both seasoned veterans and those beginning to build reputations on the stages of the world's premier national theatre, The Abbey. The first play by award-winning playwright Michael Harding, Sour Grapes, explores the taboos of seminary life including paedophilia and homosexuality. Thomas Kilroy's The Secret Fall of Const ..."

The Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland(1st Edition)
by Christopher Fitz-Simon, Hugh Palmer
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-01998-6, ISBN: 0-500-01998-3

"Many a travel picture book is designed to make us dream, and like its equivalent in the cookery field, we can often gaze lovingly at things that we will have no experience of. Christopher Fitz-Simon's The Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland, however, produces an immediate effect that was probably the author's prime intention: within mere pages of this sumptuously illustrated book, the reader is filled with the keenest desire to visit the ..."

Die schönsten Dörfer Irlands.
by Christopher Fitz-Simon, Hugh Palmer, Cornelia : Panzacchi
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2001 by Gerstenberg
ISBN-13: 978-3-8067-2873-6, ISBN: 3-8067-2873-9

"Einen Bildband mit malerischen Dörfern zu füllen, stellt in Irland ein echtes Problem dar. Denn: Es sind derer zu viele. Auf der (tatsächlich) Grünen Insel erweckt gerade mal Dublin beim Reisenden den Eindruck städtischer Betriebsamkeit und Dimensionen, wenngleich doch immer nach irischen Maßstäben. Autor Christopher Fitz-Simon wählte seine schönsten Dörfer daher auch nach einem zweiten Kriterium aus: Vielfalt der Farben, der Formen. Z ..."

Les plus beaux villages d'Irlande
by Christopher Fitz-Simon, Hugh Palmer, Fitz-Simon/Palmer, Marie-Chantal Lévêque
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2001 by Editions La Bibliothèque Des Arts
ISBN-13: 978-2-88453-077-4, ISBN: 2-88453-077-0

"Révèle la diversité des quatre provinces d'Irlande : Ulster, Leinster, Connacht et Munster à travers leurs plus beaux villages choisis pour leur esthétique et pour le rôle qu'ils ont joué dans l'histoire et la culture irlandaise."