Troubles

by Ulick O'Connor

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749323477
• ISBN13: 9780749323479
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Random House (UK)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Non-Pedantic Picture of "The Big Fella"

O'Connor's account of the life and times of Michael Collins is one of the best and most interesting 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 qualities 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 you know Michael Collins and you're grateful Ireland could produce him when it most needed him.