Redmond : a life undone / / Chris Dooley

• Autore: Dooley Chris
• Pubblicazione: Dublin, Ireland : , : Gill & Macmillan, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 pages)
• Disciplina: 941.50821092
• Soggetto topico: Politicians - Ireland
• Soggetto geografico: Irland; Ireland
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The dictator from Dublin -- Asquith's coup d'etat -- Introducing Edward Carson -- Mr. Churchill comes to Belfast -- Where Gladstone stood -- What answer from the North? -- 'Cheers for the liberator?' -- Ulster Day -- Carson's army -- Let's pretend -- The government wavers -- The South begins -- Ulster says no -- Churchill talks tough -- The Curragh debacle -- Gun-running at Larne -- A hostile takeover -- An invitation to the palace -- A bloody Sunday on Bachelors Walk -- Britain goes to war -- 'Le Roy le Veult' -- Ireland's duty -- O'Donovan Rossa comes home -- Insurrection at Dublin -- Walter Long gets to work -- De Valera's rise -- A life undone.
• Sommario/riassunto: Redmond brings to life seven pivotal years in Irish history, when the campaign for Home Rule seized the imagination of a nation and brought Ireland to the brink of a negotiated settlement with Britain. The architect of this campaign was John Redmond, the shrewd and assured leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Opening with euphoric scenes on Dublin's O'Connell St when tens of thousands assembled in support of Home Rule, Redmond tells his story during these years. It charts his path from power broker in the British parliament in 1910, when Home Rule for Ireland seemed a fait accompli, to public enemy by 1917, when, in the wake of World War I, Irish nationalist politics migrated from the parliamentary chamber to the barricade. Redmond succeeds in weaving a complex portrait of a forgotten hero of Irish politics and the personalities - from Churchill to Carson, de Valera to Lloyd George - who aided and, ultimately, frustrated his life's work. Dramatic and immersive, Redmond is a provocative reassessment of one of Ireland's most brilliant political minds. -- Publisher description
• Titolo autorizzato: Redmond
• ISBN: 0-7171-6580-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150247603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II