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Inside the GPO 1916 Joe Good

Inside the GPO 1916 von Joe Good

Inside the GPO 1916 Joe Good

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Zusammenfassung

A gripping personal account of the revolutionary years 1916 to 1921. This captivating journal is written with wry, down-to-earth humour and gives the reader a real insight into Ireland's fight for freedom, from the inside.

Inside the GPO 1916 Zusammenfassung

Inside the GPO 1916: A First-hand Account Joe Good

A first-hand account of the 1916 Rising and its aftermath brings alive the historic events that ushered in the beginnings of an independent Irish state.

A Londoner and a member of the Irish Volunteers, Joe Good guarded the approach across O'Connell Bridge as the rebels took the centre of Dublin. He joined the garrison in the GPO, and describes at first hand the events of insurrection: the confusion, the heroism, and the tragedy of Easter Week.

After the Rising, Joe Good worked as an organiser for the Volunteers. He was a close associate of Michael Collins and his portrait of Collins provides fresh insight into his character, his competitiveness, and how he related to his men. In 1918 Good was one of a handpicked team sent to London to assassinate members of the British cabinet, and here he gives the first full account to be published of this extraordinary expedition.

Joe Good, born in London in 1895, died in Dublin in 1962. He wrote his journal in 1946 for his son Maurice, who has now edited it for publication.

Inside the GPO 1916 Bewertungen

particularly interesting

-- Irish Independent

remarkably vivid

-- The Irish Catholic

gripping captivating

-- The Finest

everyone should own a copy the definitive account of the Easter Rising exceptionally well-written a heartfelt work an invaluable historical record there are many books being produced for the centenary of 1916 this one should be top of the list

-- An Phoblacht

the value of this book is that it is the narrative of a young soldier, rather than that of a leader. And in particular, the story of an English-born Volunteer who, perhaps because of his English background, has a more detached view of events unfolding around him this book is to be greatly welcomed and fills in the little details

-- irishtimes.com

all the engrossing power of a novel

-- Evening Echo

brilliant ... so much has been written about the Easter Rising, and subsequent War of Independence, that youd imagine little more can be added to the tale at this stage. Joe Goods 1996 memoir, however republished ahead of next years centenary of the Rising certainly does that, both in terms of factual detail and adding texture and colour to this seismic event in our history the books centrepiece, and finest part, is a vivid, almost camera verite account of the Rising itself Joe brings us through the whole thing, with a clarity and immediacy that can be almost physically felt a remarkable man and an unusually engrossing, thoughtful memoir

-- Irish Independent

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR008608853
9781847177186
1847177182
Inside the GPO 1916: A First-hand Account Joe Good
Joe Good
Gebraucht - Gut
Broschiert
O'Brien Press Ltd
2015-03-16
320
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