Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion - Softcover

Townshend, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566639654 ISBN 13: 9781566639651

Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc, 2011

Synopsis

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Review:

The author may or may not have seen active military service but his interpretation of small unit actions and close-in fighting is sharp and realistic.--John H. Carroll "Catholic News Service "

The definitive account. . . . The book is fantastically detailed yet wonderfully readable.--John Banville "Guardian "

Townshend provides the most comprehensive and considered account of the rising, set in its time and place.--Paul O'Brien "Socialist Review "

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

Enthralling and definitive . . . he writes with soldierly clarity but also delivers an emotional punch.--Roy Foster "Times Literary Supplement "

[Easter 1916] is not an under-studied topic, but Townshend handles it with a mastery of the background and the sources that makes his work exceptional.--Michael Howard "Times Literary Supplement "

Peeling back the mythology to uncover the history.--Martin Zimmerman "The San Diego Union-Tribune "

Authoritative and compelling. . . . He writes with great clarity and has mined a formidable array of primary source material.--Irish Times

Townshend is the first author to use the full compendium of the Irish Bureau of Military History records.--Historywire

Vivid, authoritative and gripping, Easter 1916 is a major work.--Word Power

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, 1919-1921; 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: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1566639654
• ISBN 13: 9781566639651
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480