Tom Clarke
The True Leader of the Easter Rising
Published on 1. October 2014
288 pages
978-0-7524-9935-2 (ISBN)
Description
Long overshadowed by fellow republicans Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, Tom Clarke was the man who made the Easter Rising possible. During an extraordinary life dedicated to Irish freedom he rose from humble origins and endured thirty years of struggle, imprisonment and exile before becoming a master conspirator in the Easter Rising. Endowed with a charisma and moral ascendancy, he held together a disparate group of followers and they, in turn, recognised his indispensable leadership by insisting that his name alone should have pride of place on the Proclamation. It was a gesture that, in a sense, guaranteed Clarke immortality; it also proved to be also his death warrant. But death held no terrors for Clarke who was to die satisfied in the belief that, with the sight of a tricolour flying over the GPO, he had changed the course of Irish history.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
8 Plates, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black and white
File size
1,64 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-9935-2 (9780752499352)
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01/2015
Nonsuch Publishing
€43.55
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Person
MICHAEL T. FOY is a former Head of History at Methodist College, Belfast and Tutor in Irish History at Queen's University, Belfast. He possesses an MA and PHD from Queen's University, Belfast. He has appeared frequently on Irish TV speaking on Irish history, and is the author of three previous books for The History Press. He lives in County Antrim.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Map
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Beginnings: Tom Clarke, 1857-1883
- 2. 'An Earthly Hell': Prison 1883-1898
- 3. Exile: America 1900-1907
- 4. Climbing to Power: 1908-1914
- 5. On the Road to Revolution, Part One: August 1914-September 1915
- 6. On the Road to Revolution, Part Two: September 1915-April 1916
- 7. Prelude: Holy Week 1916
- 8. The Easter Rising
- Bibliography
- Copyright
