Peter  Hart
Few leaders in history have been as mythologized as Michael Collins. Before his death at 31, he had fought in the Easter Rising, organized the IRA and out-spied British intelligence, negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty, and run the first independent government in Ireland. Peter Hartâ€™s groundbreaking biography restores humanity to this mythical figure. Drawing on previously unknown sources, delving into Collinsâ€™s pre-revolutionary past, and assessing the methodsâ€”and the costsâ€”of his rise to power, ,Mick, reveals a man of often ruthless ambition, more politician than soldier, whose friendships went no farther than his interests. A work as thrilling as it is authoritative.
Cultural,Ireland,History,Biography,European Literature,Irish Literature,Nonfiction,Biography Memoir,War
Mick: The Real Michael Collins