'The unofficial voice of modern Irish history' Economist When
President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the
Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord
Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' In August
1922 at the height of the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true
- Collins was shot and killed by a fellow Irishman in a shocking
political assassination. So ended the life of the greatest of all
Irish nationalists, but his visions and legacy lived on. This
authorative and comprehensive biography presents the life of a man
who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigour
and determination were matched only by his political realism and
supreme organisational abilities. Coogan's biography provides a
fascinating insight into a great political leader, whilst vividly
portraying the political unrest in a divided Ireland, that can help
to shape our understanding of Ireland's past, present and future.
'There have been several other lives of Collins, but none has
assembled such wealth of detail' Independent on Sunday
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