The Easter Rising - Couverture souple

Barton, Brian; Foy, Michael T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0750926163 ISBN 13 : 9780750926164

Editeur : Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

Adopting a day-by-day diary format, this book offers a revealing narrative account of the Easter Rising. The authors evaluate the roots of the Rising, describe the main participants, and evaluate its impact.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

On Easter Monday, 24 April 1916, a force of Irish men and women under arms, estimated at between 1,000 and 1,500, attempted to seize Dublin, with the ultimate intention of bringing to an end British rule in Ireland and creating an independent Irish republic, to include all thirty-two counties of Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connaught. Their leaders, Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, knew that their chances of success were slight, yet they fought, and paid with their lives. This books seeks to explain why. Illuminating every aspect of that fateful Easter week, The Easter Rising is based on an impressive range of original sources, and has been fully revised and expanded in the light of hundreds of witness statements only released by the Irish Bureau of Military History in 2004. It is a vivid depiction of the personalities and actions of the leaders on both sides, and provides an exceptional account of a city at war.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Foy was Head of History at Methodist College in Belfast and Tuto in Irish History at Queen's University, Belfast. He has also written Michael Collins' Intelligence War.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0750926163
• ISBN 13: 9780750926164
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 279
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible