A model of research and analysis ... Townshend's concise and intelligent book ... tells a painful story that is probably not yet over. Simon Heffer Daily Telegraph
Charles Townshend is the author of the highly praised Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion and The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918-1923. The Partition forms the third part of his trilogy on how Ireland became independent. His other books include When God Made Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Making of Iraq, 1914-21.