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Best Books on 1916?

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  • 18-03-2016 7:40pm
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    Squall Leonhart
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    I'm hoping for some suggestions on the most informative book about 1916. I have a reasonable grasp on what happened but would like to read a clear accurate book about it all.

    Maybe there's a pair of books, or a book with suggested other books as support reading.


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    Ascendant
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    Charles Townshend's Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion is a good, well-written look at the event and the historical context.

    Ruth Dudley Edwards has recently published a book focusing on the seven signatories of the proclamation who essentially the masterminds behind the Rising, The Seven. As you'd expect, it's a biographical work and character study.


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    Squall Leonhart
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    Thanks Ascendant, I'll hopefully get around to taking a look for them at the weekend.


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    Ascendant
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    Squall Leonhart wrote: »
    Thanks Ascendant, I'll hopefully get around to taking a look for them at the weekend.

    Paul O'Brien has done a series of books, each one focusing specifically on a particular part of the Rising, e.g. the GPO, Ashbourne, the Four Courts, etc.

    By themselves, they're a bit lightweight (review of the GPO-centered one here) but if read together, they do provide a good picture of what precisely was going on and where.


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