1916: The Morning After
Author(s): Tim Pat Coogan
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 Republic's founding fathers.
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General Fields
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- : Head of Zeus
- : Head of Zeus
- : 01 October 2015
- : 234mm X 153mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 2016
- : books
Special Fields
- : 352
- : 216
- : Hardback
- : Tim Pat Coogan