Eoin O'Duffy: A Self-Made Hero C

ISBN-13: 9780199276554 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 448 str.

Fearghal McGarry

Opis

Eoin O'Duffy was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. A leader of the Irish revolution, and protege of Michael Collins, he commanded the Irish police and defense forces, before emerging as Ireland's leading fascist politician in the 1930s. A crusading moralist, obsessed with the need to counter public immorality, and a closet homosexual and alcoholic, O'Duffy's remarkable life was characterised by self-aggrandisement, fantasy, and contradiction.

Recenzje

A very good book indeed. McGarry is a talented writer. His exposition is always clear, his quotations and illustrations are always well-chosen and he has an understated and elegant style. This isn't a short book but it is very readbale: nicely paced, packed with illuminating detail and full engaged with its subject.

O autorze

Fearghal McGarry is currently Lecturer in Irish history at Queen's University, Belfast. Previously he was Lecturer in Irish History at Trinity College, Dublin, and Governemnt of Irelend Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.