Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion - Hardcover

Townshend, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156663704X ISBN 13: 9781566637046

Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc, 2006

Synopsis

IrelandOs Easter Rising of 1916 is one of the handful of modern historical events that instantly created its own mythology and changed millions of lives forever. Charles Townshend's remarkable new book vividly re-creates this extraordinary time when, as Irish insurgents rose up and occupied Dublin, as British artillery retaliated ferociously and flattened the city center, as the last haggard rebels surrendered and their leaders were shot, a powerful narrative was born and Ireland was launched into a new world. Scraping away layer upon layer of myth, Easter 1916 reveals an Ireland polarized, confused, and fearful, hovering on the brink of war between Nationalists and Unionists, and presenting Britain with a seemingly insoluble problem. With the worldOs attention on the First World War, a group of exceptional Irish men and women_from the eloquent intellectual Patrick Pearse to the revolutionary socialist James Connolly_decided to take the actions that turned a peaceful provincial city into a bloody battleground and then into a national capital. The repercussions of these events we still feel today. With 8 pages of black-and-white photographs.

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Review:

Easter 1916 brings to life the group of remarkable men and women whose actions changed their nation forever.--Mark Mitchell "Newsfromnowhere.Org "

About the Author:

Charles Townshend is professor of international history at the University of Keele in England, where he has built a reputation as one of the world's foremost authorities on the history of Ireland and especially the relationship between Ireland and Britain. His books include The British Campaign in Ireland, 1919D1921; Political Violence in Ireland; Ireland: The Twentieth Century; Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction; and Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 156663704X
• ISBN 13: 9781566637046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480