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Item Details
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PATRICK PEARSE
THE TRIUMPH OF FAILURE |
| By: |
Ruth Dudley Edwards |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£40.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0716528347 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780716528340 |
| Publisher: |
IRISH ACADEMIC PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2006 |
| Pages: |
408 |
| Synopsis: |
There has always been argument about whether Pearse's leadership of the Easter Rising in 1916 represented a failure or a triumph. Pearse, who found himself on Easter Monday proclaimed President of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Republic, took on himself the most bitter of roles at the finish: he was the first to make the move to surrender - and he was the first to be executed. In this re-issued major biography Ruth Dudley Edwards has placed Patrick Pearse in his historical, political and cultural context: she discusses his involvement with the Gaelic League, his role as a military leader in the nationalist movement and his claims as a socialist. Her account of his life does full justice to the story, recording its irony, absurdity and courage. This book will do much to arouse fresh interest in Patrick Pearse; it is sympathetic, balanced, meticulously researched, and above all highly readable. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
Ireland |
| Imprint: |
Irish Academic Press Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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