De Valera Volume 1 (eBook)

David McCullagh (Autor)

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2017
Gill Books (Verlag)
978-0-7171-5584-2 (ISBN)

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Eamon de Valera was the single most consequential Irish figure of the twentieth century. He was a leader in the Easter Rising, the figurehead of the anti-Treaty rebels during the dark days of the Civil War and, later, as the founder of Fianna Fail and president of Ireland, the pivotal figure in the birth of the Republic. In this, the first volume of a magisterial new biography, acclaimed historian and broadcaster David McCullagh charts De Valera's vertiginous rise from humble beginnings to electoral victory with Fianna Fail in 1932. Riveting, nuanced, provocative and humorous, it draws on a wealth of new and neglected sources to present a truly ground-breaking portrait of de Valera the man, his times and his complex, ever-shifting legacy. 'David McCullagh combines the investigative skills of an experienced journalist with the detachment of an accomplished historian. In this vividly readable and at times gripping biography he tackles head-on all of the perennial de Valera controversies, including his parentage, his role in the 1916 Rising, his relationship with Michael Collins, his responsibility for the Civil War and his subsequent rise to power, and does so with acuity and objectivity. McCullagh's range and command of the source material is masterly a comprehensive, mature biography, both enlightening and entertaining.' MAURICE MANNING

Autor

David McCullagh is the author of The Reluctant Taoiseach, a biography of John A. Costello, and A Makeshift Majority, a history of the first inter-party government. He began working as a journalist with the Evening Press before joining RTÉ, where he currently presents the broadcaster's flagship current affairs programme, Prime Time.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: 1916 Rising • anti-treat rebels • author of The Reluctant Taoiseach • Background • birth of the Republic of Ireland • Catherine (Kate) Coll de Valera • David McCullagh • De Valera • De Valera family history • De Valera family tree • De Valera papers • Eamon de Valera • Early Life • Eater Rising • Erskine Childers • Family history • family roots • Fianna Fáil • founder of Fianna Fáil • Irish Constitution • Irish Free State • Irish History • Irish Nationalism • Irish revolutionary history • Irish society • Irish state • leading figure of 20th century Ireland • maths teacher • Michael Collins • Modern Ireland • natural born American citizenship • New York born • Northern Ireland • parentage • political church-state monolith • President of Ireland • Republic of Ireland • Rise 1882-1932 • rte • RTE’s Primetime host • rural Limerick • Sinead de Valera • Taoiseach of Ireland • The Civil War • the Dáil • the Irish language • the Irish nation • the Irish Press Group • the social role of women • the Treaty • the troubled Treaty negotiations • Vivion de Valera
• ISBN-10: 0-7171-5584-6 / 0717155846
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7171-5584-2 / 9780717155842