Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Fri fragt over 499,-
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
The Republic
- The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918-1923
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Republic af Charles Townshend, 9780141030043
Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
560
ISBN-13:
9780141030043
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0141030046
Udg. Dato:
29 maj 2014
Størrelse i cm:
19,9 x 12,8 x 2,6
Oplagsdato:
29 maj 2014
Forfatter(e):

The Republic

- The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918-1923
Engelsk
Paperback 2014
Format:

Bog beskrivelse

A gripping narrative of the most critical years in modern Ireland''s history - from Charles Townshend, author of Easter 1916

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014

The protracted, terrible fight for independence pitted the Irish against the British and the Irish against other Irish. It was both a physical battle of shocking violence against a regime increasingly seen as alien and unacceptable and an intellectual battle for a new sort of country. The damage done, the betrayals and grim compromises put the new nation into a state of trauma for at least a generation, but at a nearly unacceptable cost the struggle ended: a new republic was born.

Charles Townshend''s Easter 1916 opened up the astonishing events around the Rising for a new generation and in The Republic he deals, with the same unflinchingly wish to get to the truth behind the legend, with the most critical years in Ireland''s history. There has been a great temptation to view these years through the prisms of martyrology and good-and-evil. The picture painted by Townshend is far more nuanced and sceptical - but also never loses sight of the ordinary forms of heroism performed by Irish men and women trapped in extraordinary times.

''The author has devoted his life to the study of Irish history and this huge work is the pinnacle of his labours'' John Banville on Easter 1916

... Vis mere

Forlags Vejl. pris
174,68 kr
Hos Booktok
145 kr
spar 17%
Læg i kurv nu
Sikker betaling
6 - 8 hverdage

Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
560
ISBN-13:
9780141030043
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0141030046
Udg. Dato:
29 maj 2014
Størrelse i cm:
19,9 x 12,8 x 2,6
Oplagsdato:
29 maj 2014
Forfatter(e):
Finder produkter...
Kategori sammenhænge