Author: Turtle Bunbury
Brand: Gill Books
Edition: Illustrated
Features:
- The Glorious Madness: Tales of the Irish and the Great War
- Product type: ABIS BOOK
- Brand: Gill
Format: Illustrated
Number Of Pages: 224
Release Date: 17-10-2014
Details: Who were the Irish men who went to war? What did they think, feel and believe? And how did war change the course of their lives and our own? Pushed to the wrong side of Irish history by the struggle for independence, the extraordinary stories of the men and women who risked and, in over 30,000 cases, lost their lives as a consequence of the Great War have never gained the recognition they deserve. On the eve of that conflict's centenary, as public interest turns once again to the dormant battlefields of the Somme valley and Ypres, it's time to reconsider the remarkable human experiences that defined Ireland's experience of the war. Based on first-hand accounts of the conflict, this collection of character portraits and stirring anecdotes brings to life the hopes, fears and ambitions that defined Ireland's lost generation. By turns poignant, whimsical and darkly comic, this is history as it should - free-wheeling and finely tuned to the rhythms of the human heart. REVIEWS Magnificent book...a superb production...something to be proud of... Gay Byrne on Sunday with Gay Byrne, Lyric FM. An absolutely beautiful book... A lavish production with lots of pictures, lots of maps it really captures the whole era. Patrick Geoghegan on Talking History, Newstalk FM 'A piece of Irish history that was sort of wilfully forgotten for a long time. The Glorious Madness is wall to wall with tales of some very interesting characters, including a number who played an important role in Irish history.' Anton Savage - Savage Sunday, Today FM The impressively versatile Turtle Bunbury is known for his sensitively written, well-observed Vanishing Ireland series of books and his appearance on RTE s Genealogy Roadshow. He also toured this year as one of the lecturers in the Great War Roadshow, headed by Myles Dungan. Now, also marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Bunbury marches into what once would have been a no-man s land for historians ... There is much to enjoy here. Bunbury has an eye for irony and pathos and a fluid attractive writing style. It s packed worth personalities and stories of courage under fire amid truly unimaginable slaughter, of mind-boggling military incompetence and of individuals emotionally afflicted by reports of courage in another cause at home. The cast of characters is formidable. Emmanuel Kehoe, Sunday Business Post [In The Glorious Madness] Turtle continues the wonderful listening and yarn-spinning he has honed in the Vanishing Ireland series, applying it to veterans of the First World War. The stories he recreates are poignant, whimsical and bleakly funny, bringing back into the light the lives of people who found themselves on the wrong side of history after the struggle for Irish independence. This is my kind of micro-history. John Grenham, The Irish Times A wonderful book packed with great individual stories and pictures which bring the Irish participation in the Great War vividly alive. Sean Farrell, Irish Independent Based on first-hand accounts of the conflict, this collection of character portraits and stirring anecdotes brings to life the hopes, fears and ambitions that defined Ireland s lost generation . Peter Costello, The Irish Catholic Turtle Bunbury s book about the Great War is a great read, a dramatic confection of remarkable stories about remarkable events and individuals slapped together with great dexterity and professionalism. ... This is military history as entertainment on a scale we have not seen since, well, the First World War ... This is one book that can be judged by its cover. Pádraig Yeates, Dublin Review of Books
EAN: 9780717162345
Languages: English
Binding: hardcover
Item Condition: New