Maurice Walsh is the author of Bitter Freedom: Ireland in a Revolutionary World and The News from Ireland: Foreign Correspondents and the Irish Revolution, a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year choice in 2008. He teaches journalism at Kingston College and lives in London.
The Irish Revolution-the war between the British authorities and the newly formed IRA-was the first successful revolt anywhere against the British Empire. This is a vividly written, compelling narrative placing events in Ireland in the wider context of a ...[SEE MORE]