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Michael Collins: The Man and the Revolution

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`It was the most providential escape yet. It will probably have the effect of making them think that I am even more mysterious than they believe me to be, and that is saying a good deal.’

Michael Collins knew the power of his persona, and capitalised on what people wanted to believe. The image we have of him comes filtered through a sensational lens, exaggerated out of all proportion. We see what we have come to expect: `the man who won the war’, the centre of a web of intelligence that `brought the British Empire to its knees’. ... Read more

Drawing on archives in Ireland, Britain and the United States, the authors question our traditional assumptions about Collins. Was he the man of his age, or was he just luckier, more brazen, more written about and more photographed than the rest? Despite the pictures of him in uniform during the last weeks of his life, Collins saw very little of the actual fight. He was chiefly an organiser and a strategist. Should we remember him as a master of the mundane rather than the romantic figure of the blockbuster film? The eight thematic, highly illustrated chapters scrutinise different aspects of Collins’ life: origins, work, war, politics, celebrity, beliefs, death and afterlives. Approaching him through the eyes of contemporaries and historians, friends and enemies, this provocative book reveals new insights, challenging what we think we know about him and, in turn, what we think we know about the Irish revolution.

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Product Details

Publisher
Gill
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781848892101
SKU
V9781848892101
Shipping Time
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99-98

About Dr. Anne Dolan
Dr Anne Dolan lectures in modern Irish history at Trinity College Dublin. Her publications include Commemorating the Irish Civil War: History and Memory, 1923–2000 (Cambridge, 2003). She is joint editor of `No Surrender Here!’ The Civil War Papers of Ernie O’Malley (Dublin, 2007). Dr William Murphy lectures in modern Irish history at Dublin City University. He co-edited ... Read more

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