Richard Killeen: SHORT HISTORY OF THE 1916 RISING [2009] paperback Condition:New Newly widowed

Newly widowed

Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones

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With his father's wooden leg as his weapon

fleeing a broken engagement

Richard Killeen: SHORT HISTORY OF THE 1916 RISING [2009] paperback Condition:New Newly widowedThe book explores the background to the rising, the development of the Fenian tradition running in parallel with the parliamentary tradition, the effect of the cultural revolution of the early twentieth century in forming the minds of the men who made Easter week, the gradual demoralisation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and the crucial effects of the Great War. The book covers the events of the rising on a day by day basis, starting on Easter