Kerry Landing, August, 1992: An Episode of the Civil War - Couverture souple

Harrington, Niall C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0947962700 ISBN 13 : 9780947962708

Editeur : Anvil Books (Childrens Press), 1992

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

After the Four Courts surrender, with the Provisional Government gradually establishing control over most of the country, Liam Lynch, Commander-in-Chief of the Republican forces, planned to seal off the greater part of Munster. Instead of trying to dislodge the republicans by a bitterly fought land war, Michael Collins decided on attack from the sea.On 2 August 1922, the Lady Wicklow, with 450 officers and men of the Dublin Guards under the command of Brigadier Paddy O'Daly, steamed into Tralee Bay. On board was Niall Harrington, then 21 years of age. His personal account of the landing at Fenit and of the battle for Tralee is an enthralling first-hand account of a little-known episode of the Civil War. Later, over a lengthy period, he gathered factual accounts from the opposing IRA, so that this book is an amalgam of both sides on that tragic divide.'The morning mist had lifted and the sun shone on a calm blue sea, unfolding the magnificent panorama of Tralee Bay. All around us was a stillness and an apparent peace under the warm sun of that summer's morning. Somebody said it was a fine day to die for Ireland ...'

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Anvil Books (Childrens Press)
• Date d'édition: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0947962700
• ISBN 13: 9780947962708
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196