{"product_id":"9780141030043-the-republic","title":"The Republic","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Fight for Irish Independence, 1918-1923\u003cbr\u003eA narrative of the critical years in modern Ireland's history. This book presents the never loses sight of the ordinary forms of heroism performed by Irish men and women trapped in extraordinary times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping narrative of the most critical years in modern Ireland's history - from Charles Townshend, author of \u003ci\u003eEaster 1916\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT \u003c\/i\u003eBOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe protracted, terrible fight for independence pitted the Irish against the British and the Irish against other Irish. It was both a physical battle of shocking violence against a regime increasingly seen as alien and unacceptable and an intellectual battle for a new sort of country. The damage done, the betrayals and grim compromises put the new nation into a state of trauma for at least a generation, but at a nearly unacceptable cost the struggle ended: a new republic was born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Townshend's \u003ci\u003eEaster 1916\u003c\/i\u003e opened up the astonishing events around the Rising for a new generation and in \u003ci\u003eThe Republic\u003c\/i\u003e he deals, with the same unflinchingly wish to get to the truth behind the legend, with the most critical years in Ireland's history. There has been a great temptation to view these years through the prisms of martyrology and good-and-evil. The picture painted by Townshend is far more nuanced and sceptical - but also never loses sight of the ordinary forms of heroism performed by Irish men and women trapped in extraordinary times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The author has devoted his life to the study of Irish history and this huge work is the pinnacle of his labours' \u003cb\u003eJohn Banville on \u003ci\u003eEaster 1916\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30743261020257,"sku":"9780141030043","price":15.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32223281.jpg?v=1737102570","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141030043-the-republic","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}