Michael Collins: A Life

James Mackay

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Published by Mainstream Publishing, part of Mainstream

Epub

Format: ebook

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EAN: 9781780575025
Published: 10 Mar 1999

About the book

Synopsis

The most charismatic figure to emerge during the struggles for the independence of Ireland was undoubtedly Michael Collins. This remarkable biography, which draws on much hitherto unpublished material, charts the dramatic rise of the country boy who became head of the Free State and the commander-in-chief of the army.

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What the critics say

in this fine biography James Mackay is frank in his admiration for Collins . . . and he achieves the balance between the private and the public man with great skill
- The Scotsman

James Mackay is at the forefront of the pro-Collins forces . . . thorough and full of interesting anecdotes
- Financial Times

This biography tells the story well, and with a life like Collins's - so crammed with action, so poignant, yet so clouded with rumour and doubt - this is no mean feat . . . Anyone trying to make sense of the enduring struggles in Ireland should read this book
- Sunday Times

A marvellously detailed account of the life of one of the most significant figures in Irish history
- West Highland Free Press

A realistic and readable account of Collins's life
- The Observer

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About the Author

Dr James Mackay has had a lifelong interest in Michael Collins. At Glasgow University he majored in Irish history and wrote his Masters's thesis on his boyhood hero. This biography realises a longstanding ambition to do justice to one of the great figures of the century. Widely regarded as the world's greatest authority on the life and works of Robert Burns, Mackay's definitive biography, Burns, won the 1994 Saltire Society Book of the Year award. He is also the author of Vagabond of Verse: A Biography of Robert Service, Brave Heart: William Wallace, Allan Pinkerton: The Eye Who Never Slept and Sounds Out of Silence: A Life of Alexander Graham Bell.

James Mackay