The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918-1923 by Townshend, Charles

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Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A narrative of the critical years in modern Ireland's history. This book presents the never loses sight of the ordinary forms of heroism performed by Irish men and women trapped in extraordinary times.

Penguin, 2014. Paperback. New. 560 pages. 7.95x5.12x1.18 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. A narrative of the critical years in modern Ireland's history. This book presents the never loses sight of the ordinary forms of heroism performed by Irish men and women trapped in extraordinary times.

Penguin Books, 2014. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780141030043

pp.xx, 536 includes Appendix, Bibliography & Index. Black & white Frontispiece Maps and photographs. Moderate wear to covers, small (1cm) nick to lower edge of front joint. Contents clean, binding tight.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Penguin, 2014 Book. New. Soft cover. 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… Read More