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Title: Michael Collins and the Troubles: The Struggle for Irish Freedom 1912-1922 by Ulick O'Connor ISBN: 0-393-31645-9 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Non-Pedantic Picture of Michael Collins , the "Big Fella"
Comment: O'Conner's account of the life and times of Michael Collins is one of the best and most fascinating I have read. While it lacks the extensive reporting and annotating of Tim Pat Coogan's biography of Collins (itself a monumental and engrossing account) it brings to life a man unique in Irish history and remarkable by any standards. It succeeds in bringing out both the "hard" and "soft" sides of Collins and painting a picture of a man whose tremendous love of his country and burning desire to free it from English rule brought him to the fore during a harrowing time in Irish history. The descriptions of Collins' interaction with his comrades, his charismatic personality, his unique combination of wit, compassion, intelligence and ruthless audacity combine to bring to life one of history's most intriguing revolutionary leaders. After reading this book you feel that you know Michael Collins and you are grateful that Ireland could produce him when it most needed him.
Rating: 4
Summary: Irish history as it might be taught in a Pub
Comment: I didn't mean to read this book. I had bought it for someone else but it never quite got there. Ulick O'Connor begins by relating a little of his own family's history and then goes into what can only be called a chronological ramble about Irish history.
This is by no means a biography of Michael Collins. In fact very little of the book is spent on Michael Collins himself. It is however an engaging conversation on the history of Ireland in the early 1900's.
This conversational style is hard to follow. To get something out of this book you must read it as though you are listening to a witness describe to you what happened in those critical days and do it over a pint of Guinness. If you can read the book in that perspective you will find that you have been given a personal introduction to the many men and women that drove the Irish freedom movement to the front of the world stage.
The author writes in a style that feels very personal. Not so much history but a story. A tale of people that were and are important to the author. However, because its so personal it is not very balanced. This is a tale of Irish Repulicans told by an Irish Repulican. No love is lost on the British Government or the Ulster Unionists.
I cannot recommend this book as a starting point for studying the history of the Irish rebellions and the roots of the IRA and Sinn Fein. I can however recommend this book as an excellent addition to a well rounded education on the topic.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Starter Book
Comment: If you've wanted to know about Michael Collins but all you've ever seen was the movie (dramatization) this is a great primer book for his background. I think Tim Pat Coogan's book is better for an in depth analysis of Mr. Collins. I've just started that one but would recommend it as well.
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Title: The Path to Freedom by Michael Collins, Tim Pat Coogan ISBN: 1568332130 Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Pub Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland by Tim Pat Coogan ISBN: 0312295111 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 17 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: On Another Man's Wound: A Personal History of Ireland's War of Independence by Ernie O'Malley ISBN: 1589790049 Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Pub Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Big Fellow : Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution by Frank O'Connor ISBN: 0312180500 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 15 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title:Michael Collins ASIN: 0790729407 Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 22 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.38 |
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