Mick: The Real Michael Collins (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143038542)

Few leaders in history have been as mythologized as Michael Collins. Before his death at 31, he had fought in the Easter Rising, organized the IRA and out-spied British intelligence, negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty, and run the first independent government in Ireland. Peter Hart's groundbreaking biography restores humanity to this mythical figure. Drawing on previously unknown sources, delving into Collins's pre-revolutionary past, and assessing the methods--and the costs--of his rise to power, Mick reveals a man of often ruthless ambition, more politician than soldier, whose friendships went no farther than his interests. A work as thrilling as it is authoritative.

Author: Peter Hart
ISBN-10: 0143038540
ISBN-13: 9780143038542
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2007
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.58w x 1.15d