1916: The Mornings After - Couverture rigide

Coogan, Tim Pat

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1784080098 ISBN 13 : 9781784080099

Editeur : Head of Zeus, 2015

Synopsis

The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing squads of May 1916 went on to plan a new – and ultimately successful – struggle for Ireland's independence, shaping their country's destiny for the century to come.

But what sort of country did they create? And to what extent does post-1916 Ireland measure up to the hopes and aspirations of 'MacDonagh and MacBride / And Connolly and Pearse'?

Best-selling historian Tim Pat Coogan offers a strongly personal perspective on the Irish century that followed the Rising – charting a flawed history that is marked as much by complacency, corruption and institutional and clerical abuse, as it is by the sacrifices and nation-building achievements of the Republic's founding fathers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland's best-known historical writer. His 1990 biography of Michael Collins rekindled interest in Collins and his era. He is also the author of The IRA, Long Fellow, Long Shadow, 1916: The Mornings After and The Twelve Apostles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Head of Zeus
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784080098
• ISBN 13: 9781784080099
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
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