The Easter Rising

Foy, Michael T.; Barton, Brian

ISBN 10: 0752457039 / ISBN 13: 9780752457031

Published by The History Press, Stroud, UK, 2011

About this Item

Illustrated yellow card covers, 384pp with illustrations, contents clean and unmarked.

Seller Inventory # 007642

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Easter Rising
• Publisher: The History Press, Stroud, UK
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752457039
• ISBN 13: 9780752457031
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • History

About this title

Synopsis

An accessible yet scholarly account of the most significant week in modern Irish history, updated with new information only recently released

 

On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, an estimated force of 1,000–1,500 Irish men and women under arms 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 32 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 book seeks to explain why. Illuminating every aspect of that fateful Easter week, this account 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.

About the Author

Michael Foy is the author of Michael Collins's Intelligence War. Brian Barton is the author of The Secret Court Martial Records of the 1916 Easter Rising.