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Ireland In The 20th Century

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Random House, Dec 1, 2009 - History - 880 pages
Ireland's bestselling popular historian tells the story of contemporary Ireland - controversial, authoritative and highly readable. Tim Pat Coogan's biographies of Michael Collins and DeValera and his studies of the IRA, the Troubles and the Irish Diaspora have transformed our understanding of contemporary Ireland, and all have been massive bestsellers. Now he has produced a major history of Ireland in the twentieth century. Covering both South and North and dealing with cultural and social history as well as political, this enthralling work will become the definitive single-volume account of the making of modern Ireland.

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User Review  - Brian Robbins - Goodreads

Am moth balling this one. Not through lack of interest, but other reading keeps getting in the way. The section on the Easter Rising, the civil war and the Collins v DeValera rivallry was excellent ... Read full review

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User Review  - Patrick - Goodreads

Only read 20%. Just can't get excited to read up on the minutiae of the Dail and Stormont after the end of The Civil War and Partition. Maybe I'll come back to this. I see to appreciate Coogan in short doses. Read full review

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About the author (2009)

Tim Pat Coogan, former editor of the Irish Press, is well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his journalism and especially for his books, which include Wherever Green is Worn, The Troubles, Michael Collins and De Valera.

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