The Insurrection in Dublin [Paperback]

James Stephens (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0861403584 | ISBN-13: 978-0861403585 | Publication Date: October 13, 1993

This hour-by-hour account of the Easter Rising as seen by a non-participant writer and poet is absolutely fascinating. Helps one think straighter about 1916 than all the recent revisionist and anti-revisionist scribblings...a marvellously vivid account"" - Books Ireland. ""A classic...A fascinating portrait of a city at war. It is graphic, colorful and brings you right into the thick of the battle"" - Irish Echo.

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"This hour-by-hour account of the Easter Rising as seen by a non-participant writer and poet is absolutely fascinating. Helps one think straighter about 1916 than all the recent revisionist and anti-revisionist scribblings...a marvellously vivid account" --Books Ireland

"A classic...A fascinating portrait of a city at war. It is graphic, colorful and brings you right into the thick of the battle" --Irish Echo

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Colin Smythe (October 13, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0861403584
• ISBN-13: 978-0861403585
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,769,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome eyewitness account --not a history, October 20, 2005

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This review is from: The Insurrection in Dublin (Paperback)

An excellent book for those who want to know the effect of the 1916 Easter rising on the average Dubliner. Walking out one morning the author narrates how he saw small groups of people gathered on each corner. They all seemed to be looking in the same direction. He finally stops to inquire what is going on and hears that the Sinn Fein have taken over parts of the city. From there the book recounts his spectator's view of the uprising.

The book is not a military or political history so it doesn't cover the planning of the uprising or the responses of the British. Instead the author narrates his observations and the reactions of the people around him as the uprising continues. At first people are in shock and even angry at the insurrectionists. But then, as the days pass and the uprising continues Stephans is puzzled. More and more he notices people smiling. It is only later that he realizes that they are smiling out of pride. If the uprising had been immediately quashed they would have been depressed. However as the fighting dragged on the author recounts the growing feeling of pride that the people began to have for those involved in the futile uprising. All in all a great book for those who want insight into stirrings of nationalism in a people.