The Easter Rising - Softcover

Foy, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752457039 ISBN 13: 9780752457031

Verlag: The History Press, 2011

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On Easter Monday, 24 April 1916, a force of Irish men and women under arms, estimated at between 1,000 and 1,500, attempted to seize Dublin, with the ultimate intention of bringing to an end British rule in Ireland and creating an independent Irish republic, to include all thirty-two counties of Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connaught. Their leaders, Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, knew that their chances of success were slight, yet they fought, and paid with their lives. This books seeks to explain why. Illuminating every aspect of that fateful Easter week, The Easter Rising is based on an impressive range of original sources, and has been fully revised and expanded in the light of hundreds of witness statements only released by the Irish Bureau of Military History in 2004. It is a vivid depiction of the personalities and actions of the leaders on both sides, and provides an exceptional account of a city at war.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

MICHAEL T. FOY is a former Head of History at Methodist College, Belfast and Tutor in Irish History at Queen’s University, Belfast. He possesses an MA and PHD from Queen’s University, Belfast. He has appeared frequently on Irish TV speaking on Irish history, and is the author of three previous books for The History Press. He lives in County Antrim.

BRIAN BARTON was a Senior Research Fellow in Irish History at Queen's University, Belfast, and is now a tutor in History for the Open University. He has also co-written (with Mike Foy) The Easter Rising which was re-issued in a new edition at Easter 2011.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The History Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0752457039
• ISBN 13: 9780752457031
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
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