Michael Mallin: Sixteen Lives - Brossura

Hughes, Brian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1847172660 ISBN 13: 9781847172662

Casa editrice: O'Brien Pr, 2012

Riassunto

Executed in Kilmainham Gaol on 8 May 1916, Michael Mallin had commanded a garrison of rebels in St Stephen's Green and the College of Surgeons during Easter Week. He was Chief-of-Staff and second-in-command to James Connolly in the Irish Citizen Army. Born in a tenement in Dublin in 1874, he joined the British army aged fourteen as a drummer. He then worked as a silk weaver and became an active trade unionist and secretary of the Silk Weavers' Union. A devout Catholic, a temperance advocate, father of four young children and husband of a pregnant wife when executed - what brought such a man, with so much to lose, to wage war against the British in 1916?

Su questo libro

Recensione:

interesting series

(The Irish Catholic)

'insightful ... hopefully, other biographies in the O’Brien Press 1916 series meet the high standard set by Brian Hughes'

(Liberty)

'his last letter to his wife is moving in its intimacy ... the book is worth buying for the letter alone'

(Liberty)

'a great read and a credit to the author'

(Northside People)

'a remarkable series ... gives readers a valuable insight into the men who were executed for their part in the 1916 Rising'

(Northside People)

'an entertaining, accurate and well-researched portrayal both of the man and the uprising'

(Great Irish Books)

'Two new series from Irish publishers are targeted more particularly at the 1916 Rising. The O’Brien Press offers the more structured series, 16 Lives, complete with attractive marketing materials and a high profile launch in the GPO in Dublin'

(Irish Publishing News)

'an epic new series of books ... O’Brien Press is first off the 1916 centenary mark with 16 Lives ... it is early days but 16 Lives has set the bar for the run into 2016'

(RTE Guide)

'This book does a fine job in unearthing the details of Mallin’s activity as a trade unionist'

(Red Banner Magazine)

'part of a series which bids fair to lift the lid on a few others executed in 1916 and little known since'

(Red Banner Magazine)

L'autore:

Born in Dublin, Brian Hughes studied in NUI Maynooth and Trinity College Dublin.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: O'Brien Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1847172660
• ISBN 13: 9781847172662
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160