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Patrick Pearse
Ruth Dudley Edwards
其他書名
The Triumph of Failure
出版Irish Academic Press, 2006
主題Biography & Autobiography / PoliticalHistory / Europe / IrelandPolitical Science / TerrorismPolitical Science / World / European
ISBN07165283479780716528340
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=f8lLNgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋There has always been argument about whether Pearse's leadership of the Easter Rising in 1916 represented a failure or a triumph. Pearse, who found himself on Easter Monday proclaimed President of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Republic, took on himself the most bitter of roles at the finish: he was the first to make the move to surrender - and he was the first to be executed. In this re-issued major biography Ruth Dudley Edwards has placed Patrick Pearse in his historical, political and cultural context: she discusses his involvement with the Gaelic League, his role as a military leader in the nationalist movement and his claims as a socialist. Her account of his life does full justice to the story, recording its irony, absurdity and courage. This book will do much to arouse fresh interest in Patrick Pearse; it is sympathetic, balanced, meticulously researched, and above all highly readable.