Messines to Carrick Hill:: Writing Home from the Great War

by Thomas Burke

The book is structured around a collection of letters written by a nineteen year old Irish officer in the 6th Royal Irish Regiment, 2nd Lieutenant Michael Wall from Carrick Hill, near Malahide in north Co. Dublin. Michael was educated by the Christian Brothers in Dublin and destined to study science at UCD before being seduced by the illusion of adventure through war. By contextualising and expanding the content of Wall's letters and setting them...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781174849
• ISBN13: 9781781174845
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.3"