Michael Collins
The Man and the Revolution
'It was the most providential escape yet. It will probably have the effect of making them think that I am even more mysterious than they believe me to be, and that is saying a good deal.' Michael Collins knew the power of his persona, and capitalised on what people wanted to believe. The image we have of him comes filtered through a sensational lens, exaggerated out of all proportion. We see what we have come to expect: 'the man who won the war', the centre of a web of intelligence that 'brought the British Empire to its knees'. He comes to us as a mixture of truth and lies, propaganda and misunderstanding. The willingness to see him as the s…
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Weitere Autoren: Murphy, William
- ISBN: 978-1-78841-053-3
- EAN: 9781788410533
- Produktnummer: 29186409
- Verlag: Gill Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 44'843 KB
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Dr Anne Dolan teaches Modern Irish History at Trinity College Dublin. Her publications include Commemorating the Irish Civil War: History and memory, 19232000 (Cambridge, 2003). She is joint editor of No surrender here! The civil war papers of Ernie OMalley (2007).
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