Those of Us Who Must Die: Execution, Exile and Revival After the Easter Rising - Couverture souple

Molyneux, Derek; Kelly, Darren

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848893256 ISBN 13 : 9781848893252

Editeur : The Collins Press, 2017

Synopsis

The 1916 Rising is one of the most documented and analysed episodes in Ireland's turbulent history. Often overlooked, however, is its immediate aftermath. This significant window in the narrative of Irish revolutionary history, which saw the rebirth of the Volunteers and laid the foundations for the War of Independence, is usually covered as a footnote, or from the biographical standpoints of the leaders. Picking up where the authors acclaimed account of the Rising, When the Clock Struck in 1916, left off, we join the men and women of the Rising in the dark abyss of defeat. The leaders poignant final hours and violent ends are laid bare, but the perspective of those with the unpalatable task of carrying out the executions is also revealed, rectifying a historic disservice to those who reluctantly formed the firing squads. While the prisoners in Dublin awaited their grisly fates, others were deported in stinking cattle boats to camps in England and Wales. When they returned, it was to a jubilant welcome in a radically changed country. The gruesome death of Thomas Ashe in September 1917, after being force-fed in Mountjoy Prison, became a marshalling point for the republican movement, as his funeral saw Volunteers once again assembled in uniform on Dublin's streets. The next phase of the struggle was born, under new leaders who had graduated from the internment camps known as 'Republican Universities', ready and eager to fill the void left by the executed visionaries. The authors sifted through thousands of first-hand accounts of the suffering endured when ordinary people set out to change history. Their stirring account will transport readers into life as it looked, sounded and even smelt to those taking part in this crucial juncture of our history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Derek Molyneux and Darren Kelly are close friends who share a passionate interest in Irish and military history. Derek lives in Westmeath and Darren, originally from Drumcondra, in Essex. They manage the popular Facebook page 'Dublin 1916-1923 Then and Now', and were the main feature writers of the History Ireland Dream and Death 1916 centenary edition. This is their second book on the era.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Collins Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848893256
• ISBN 13: 9781848893252
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible