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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792265403321

Autore

English Richard <1963->

Titolo

Ernie O'Malley [[electronic resource] ] : IRA intellectual / / Richard English

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

1-280-75226-2

0-19-151867-0

0-19-151339-3

0-19-820595-3

9786610752263

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

941.5082/2/092

941.50822092

Soggetti

Authors, Irish - 20th century

Revolutionaries - Ireland

Ireland History Civil War, 1922-1923 Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Plates; Abbreviations; 1 The Life; 2 The Revolutionary; 3 The Intellectual; 4 The Companion; 5 The Legacies; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Ernie O'Malley (1897-1957) was one of the most talented and colourful of modern Irish republicans. A leader in the 1916-1923 Revolution, and a contemporary of Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera, he subsequently penned two classic autobiographical accounts of the struggle in later years: On Another Man's Wound and The Singing Flame. He travelled widely in Europe and America, mixing with leading artistic and literary figures such as Georgia O'Keefe and Samuel Beckett, and celebrities like John Wayne. This thematic biography draws heavily on previously unseen archival material, and will be essen