Michael Collins : The Man Who Made Ireland. This item is unavailable.Michael Collins : The Man Who Made Ireland

Traces the life of the man who negotiated for Irish independence and describes the political background of the times

'It's my considered opinion that in the fullness of time, history will record the greatness of Collins and it will be recorded at my expense.' Eamon De Valera

When Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' And in August 1922, that prophecy came true - Collins was show and killed by a fellow Irishman.

So ended the life of the greatest of all Irish nationalists, but his visions and legacy lived on.

This authorative and comprehensive biography presents the life of a man who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigour and determination were matched only by his political realism and supreme organisational abilities.

'There have been several other lives of Collins, but none has assembled such wealth of detail.' Independent on Sunday

'The events described in this book can usefully be learned from by those who govern Ireland now.' Financial Times

'A lively and colourful adventure story with a fascinating yet recognisably human, hero.' Dublin Sunday Press

'Enjoyable and valuable.' David Puttnam