1916: The Mornings After Unknown - 2015

Paperback. Very Good.

Head of Zeus, 2015-10-22. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.8173 in x 23.1726 in x 16.6751 in.

Head of Zeus, 2015. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" minor light shelfwear to extremities.

Head of Zeus, 2015. 9781784080099. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 329, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions).

Head of Zeus, 2015 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A little wear to the dust jacket. The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing squads of May 1916 went on to plan a new - and ultimately successful - struggle for Ireland's independence, shaping their country's destiny for the century to come. But what sort of country did they create? And to what extent does post-1916 Ireland measure up to the hopes and aspirations of 'MacDonagh and MacBride / And Connolly and Pearse'? Best-selling historian Tim Pat Coogan offers a strongly personal perspective on the Irish century that followed the Rising - charting a flawed history that is marked as much by complacency, corruption and institutional and clerical abuse, as it is by the sacrifices and nation-building achievements of the… Leer más

Head of Zeus, London, 2015. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographs. Second-hand copy with no damage to the dust jacket, no damage to the book. The author, offers a strongly personal perspective on the Irish century following the Rising. He charts a flawed history, marked as much by complacency, corruption and institutional and clerical abuse as it is by the sacrifices, nationbuilding achievements and the idealism of the Republic's founding fathers. – dust jacket blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 330 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Ireland; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 1784080098. ISBN/EAN: 9781784080099. Inventory No: 0281498. . 9781784080099

2015. London, [England], Head of Zeus, 2015. 329 pages with illustrations, photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing squads of May 1916 went on to plan a new – and ultimately successful – struggle for Ireland's independence, shaping their country's destiny for the century to come. But what sort of country did they create? And to what extent does post-1916 Ireland measure up to the hopes and aspirations of 'MacDonagh and MacBride / And Connolly and Pearse'? Best-selling historian Tim Pat Coogan offers a strongly personal perspective on the Irish century that followed the Rising – charting a flawed history that is marked as much by complacency, corruption and institutional… Leer más