Michael Collins: A Biography

Michael Collins: A Biography

by Tim Pat Coogan
Michael Collins: A Biography

Michael Collins: A Biography

by Tim Pat Coogan

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Overview

When President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.'

In August 1922 during the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true – Collins was shot and killed by a fellow Irishman in a shocking political assassination.

So ended the life of the greatest of all Irish nationalists, but his visions and legacy lived on.

This authorative and comprehensive biography presents the life of a man who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigour and determination were matched only by his political realism and supreme organisational abilities. Coogan's biography provides a fascinating insight into a great political leader, whilst vividly portraying the political unrest in a divided Ireland, that can help to shape our understanding of Ireland's recent tumultuous socio-political history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781784975364
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 12/16/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 524
Sales rank: 523,306
File size: 5 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland's best-known historical writer. His 1990 biography of Michael Collins rekindled interest in Collins and his era. He is also the author of: The IRA, Long Fellow, Long Shadow, Wherever Green is Worn and The Famine Plot.
Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland's best-known historical writer. His 1990 biography of Michael Collins rekindled interest in Collins and his era. He is also the author of The IRA, Long Fellow, Long Shadow, 1916: The Mornings After and The Twelve Apostles.
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