Michael Collins

by Coogan, Tim Pat

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Title Statements

Full title :Michael Collins / Tim Pat Coogan.

Summary

When President of the Irish Republic 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 during the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true - Collins was shot and killed by a fellow Irishman in a shocking political assassination. So ended the life of the greatest of all Irish nationalists, but his visions and legacy lived on. This 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. Coogan's biography provides a fascinating insight into a great political leader, whilst vividly portraying the political unrest in a divided Ireland, that can help to shape our understanding of Ireland's recent tumultuous socio-political history.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Arrow Books
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

Notes

Originally published : 1991.

The Physical Object

Description:xxi, 510 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, portraits ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781784753269, 1784753262
oclc:ocn931328745
LC Classification:DA965.C6.C76
Dewey Decimal:941.50821092

Subjects

1910 - 1923 Biographies collective biographies Collins, Michael History Hommes d'État -- Biographies. -- Irlande Ireland Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921 Ireland -- History -- Civil War, 1922-1… Irlande -- Histoire -- 1910-1921 Irlande -- Histoire -- 1922-1923 (Guerr… Revolutionaries Revolutionaries -- Biography. -- Ireland Révolutionnaires -- Biographies. -- Irl… Statesmen Statesmen -- Biography. -- Ireland