Michael Collins: A Biography

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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 during 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 recent tumultuous socio-political history. (source: Bol.com) Front Cover Tim Pat Coogan Also by Tim Pat Coogan Full Title Page ISBN 0-09-968580-9 Contents LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Acknowledgements Preface Prologue 1 The Little Fella 2 Easter 1916 3 Kicking Down a Rotten Door COUNTY CORK 4 The Twelve Apostles 5 The Year of Terror 6 The Sky Darkens 7 Peace Comes Dropping Slow 8 Settling This Old Strife 9 Fighting the Waves 10 Wading Through Blood 11 Setting up the Six 12 The Mouth of Flowers DUBLIN 1916 13 Honouring the Dead? NOTES Chapter 1 (pp. 3-31) Chapter 2 (pp. 32-57) Chapter 3 (pp. 58-93) Chapter 4 (pp. 94-119) Chapter 5 (pp. 121-156) Chapter 6 (pp. 157-184) Chapter 7 (pp. 185-235) Chapter 8 {pp. 236-276) Chapter 9 (pp. 277-307) Chapter 10 (pp. 308-332) Chapter 11 (pp. 333-385) Chapter 12 (pp. 386-415) Chapter 13 (pp. 416-432) APPENDIX ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT AS SIGNED on December 6th, 1921 DOCUMENT NUMBER TWO The Counter-proposal drafted by de Valera BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES PRIMARY SOURCES ARCHIVES CONSULTED NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS PAMPHLETS AND ARTICLES TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX BACK COVER