De Valera : long fellow, long shadow / Tim Pat Coogan

Coogan, Tim Pat

ISBN 10: 009175030X / ISBN 13: 9780091750305

Published by London : Hutchinson, 1993

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xii, 772p, [16]p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25cm. Subjects: De Valera, Éamon (1882-1975). Presidents -- Ireland -- Biography. 3 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 315018

Bibliographic Details

• Title: De Valera : long fellow, long shadow / Tim Pat Coogan
• Publisher: London : Hutchinson
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 009175030X
• ISBN 13: 9780091750305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Weight: 3 kilograms

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Synopsis

From the 1916 Rising, the troubled Treaty negotiations and the Civil War, right through to his retirement after a longer period in power than any other 20th-century leader, Eamon de Valera has both defined and divided Ireland. He was directly responsible for the Irish Constitution, Fianna Fail (the largest Irish political party) and the Irish Press Group. He helped create a political church-state monolith with continuing implications for Northern Ireland, the social role of women, the Irish language and the whole concept of an Irish nation. Many of the challenges he confronted are still troubling the peace of Ireland and of Britain, and some of the problems are his legacy. This biography is by the author of "Michael Collins".