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The Rising
Fearghal Mcgarry
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Description for The Rising
Hardcover. The story of the Easter Rising from the perspective of those who made it, focusing on the experiences of rank-and-file revolutionaries and exploiting a unique and recently released collection of over 1,700 eye-witness statements. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin - it changed the course of Irish history. But why did it happen? What was the role of ordinary people in this extraordinary event? What motivated them and what were their aims? These basic questions continue to divide historians of modern Ireland. The Rising is the story of Easter 1916 from the perspective of those who made it, focusing on the experiences of rank and file revolutionaries. Fearghal McGarry makes use of a unique source that has only recently seen the light ... Read more
The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin - it changed the course of Irish history. But why did it happen? What was the role of ordinary people in this extraordinary event? What motivated them and what were their aims? These basic questions continue to divide historians of modern Ireland. The Rising is the story of Easter 1916 from the perspective of those who made it, focusing on the experiences of rank and file revolutionaries. Fearghal McGarry makes use of a unique source that has only recently seen the light ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198732341
SKU
V9780198732341
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About Fearghal Mcgarry
Fearghal McGarry is Senior Lecturer in History at Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of a number of books on Irish history in the twentieth century, including Irish Politics and the Spanish Civil War (1999), and most recently Eoin O'Duffy: A Self-Made Hero (2005), which is also published by Oxford University Press. More recently, he has edited Rebels (2011), ... Read more
Reviews for The Rising
Riveting ... in this illuminating study, McGarry allows those who took part in the Rising, and those who witnessed it, to speak for themselves.
Andy Ffrench, Oxford Times
this impressive book remains the best to be had ... to read McGarry's book is to live the Rising through the eyes of the rebels from the safety of your ... Read more
Andy Ffrench, Oxford Times
this impressive book remains the best to be had ... to read McGarry's book is to live the Rising through the eyes of the rebels from the safety of your ... Read more