Ranging from the Protestant Plantations, thorugh Wolfe Tone and the great famine, to the founding of the Fenian Movement and the Irish Free State, Robert Kee's comprehensive history of Irish Nationalism is a useful work for anyone attempting to understand the complex historical forces that have shaped Ireland.
Ranging from the Protestant Plantations, thorugh Wolfe Tone and the great famine, to the founding of the Fenian Movement and the Irish Free State, Rob...
Journalist and broadcaster Robert Kee served as an RAF bomber pilot in World War II. His plane was shot down over Nazi-occupied Holland, and he subsequently spent more than three years in a German POW camp. After several false starts he finally escaped. First published in 1947 as a novel, but now revealed to be an autobiography, "A Crowd Is Not Company" recounts Kee's experiences as a prisoner of war and describes in compelling detail his desperate journey across Poland.
Journalist and broadcaster Robert Kee served as an RAF bomber pilot in World War II. His plane was shot down over Nazi-occupied Holland, and he subseq...