About this title: Ireland's Easter Rising of 1916 is one of the handful of modern historical events that instantly created its own mythology and changed millions of lives forever. Charles Townshend's remarkable new book vividly re-creates this extraordinary time when, as Irish insurgents rose up and occupied Dublin, as British artillery retaliated ferociously and flattened the city center, as the last haggard rebels surrendered and their leaders were shot, a powerful narrative was born and Ireland was launched into a new world. Scraping away layer upon layer of myth, Easter 1916 reveals an Ireland polarized, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Date published: 2006-05-25
ISBN-13:9781566637046ISBN:156663704X
Description: Fair. Book Club Edition. Dust jacket spine and book spine both have tape repaired tears. Text unmarked, pages bright, binding tight. *Ships Next Business day* read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780141012162ISBN:0141012161
Description: Mint. History-Military and War. Before Easter 1916, Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or Liverpool and part of a complex, deep-rooted Bri tish world. Many of Dublin's inhabitants wanted to weaken or terminate Lond on's rule, but there remained a vast and conflicting range of visions of th at future: far more immediate was the unfolding disaster of the First World War that had put home rule' issues on ice for the duration. The devastatin g events of ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780141012162ISBN:0141012161
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 472 pages. (464 pages) marking the 90th anniversary of the irish rebellion, this book takes an account of what really happened in dublin during easter, in 1916. it also attempts to answer such questions as: what did the rebels actually hope to achieve? what did the british think they were doing? and, how were the events interpreted by ordinary people across ireland? illustrations (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ivan R Dee
Date published: 2006-04-30
ISBN-13:9781566637046ISBN:156663704X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781566637046ISBN:156663704X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date published: 2006-03-02
ISBN-13:9780141012162ISBN:0141012161
Description: Good. Edge and corner wear. Creases to cover. Some tanning to pages. Pages still readable and tight. All U.S. orders shipped with tracking numbers and e-mail confirmation. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780141012162ISBN:0141012161
Description: New. Marking the 90th anniversary of the Irish rebellion, this book takes an account of what really happened in Dublin during Easter, in 1916. It also attempts to answer such questions as: what did the rebels actually hope to achieve? What did the British... read more
Edition: First Edition (1st printing)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781566637046ISBN:156663704X
Description: As New in As New jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (1st printing)l. read more
Edition: First Edition (1st printing)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781566637046ISBN:156663704X
Description: As New in As New jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (American) first printing)l. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: IVAN R DEE INC
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781566637046ISBN:156663704X
Description: Ireland's Easter Rising of 1916 is one of the handful of modern historical events that instantly created its own mythology and changed millions of lives forever. Charles Townshend's remarkable new book vividly re-creates this extraordinary time when, ... read more
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