The next book fairs will be in NORTHAMPTON (for details click here) on Sat 9th July & ILKLEY on Fri 29th & Sat 30th July (for details click here)
CLICK HERE TO SEE DETAILS OF ALL OUR FAIRS

THE JUNE ONLINE BOOK FAIR OPENS AT 12 NOON TODAY, WED. 29th JUNE. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE.

Back

1916 - Portraits and Lives.

Name: 1916 - Portraits and Lives.
Author: WHITE, Lawrence William. & QUINN, James.

Book Description

First edition in original black and white illustrated boards, covered in a cream and black illustrated dust wrapper. 42 biographies of men and women who played important roles in the Easter Rising of 1916. The biographies are from the Irish Dictionary of Irish Biography. The profiles describe 31 men and women who were Republican revolutionaries, 3 nationalist leaders who opposed the Easter Rising, as well as 6 men who were part of the regime opposed by the Easter Rising. There are also profiles of two historians of the Rising who were eyewitnesses. An introduction offers an overview of 20th century Irish political history, while an after word looks at the post-Rising lives of some of those profiled. The book is illustrated with full-page, b&w scraperboard engravings, some in two-page spreads. All 42 of the illustrations are by artist David Rooney. xvi, 1-367 pp. 235 x 190 mm (9¼ x 7½ inches).