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In print continuously for more than thirty years, this book is long established as a reliable and affectionate portrait of Michael Collins.Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland
April 22, 2017
To date, this is the single best volume that’s been written about Collins, and it’s a meal. I purchased this title on an annual pilgrimage to Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon when I was there to visit family a few years ago.
Michael collins books Michael collins book ireland Read 87 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the earlyth century struggle for Irish independence.
Although the length of the book is listed as 480 pages in paperback, the reader needs to come prepared. The type is tiny and dense, and it took me a long time to wade through it.
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If it were formatted using more standard guidelines, it would be a great deal longer.
As I write this review I am halfway through Coogan’s epic history of the IRA (Irish Republican Army), and the style in which he writes is consistent in both books.
Coogan tells us everything that is historically important, and he also tells us everything else he finds out, with no apparent filtering. His writing is half Irish history, half family Bible in the sense that if someone was briefly or peripherally involved with Collins, the