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Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon De Valera: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon de Valera

Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon De Valera: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon de Valera

Diarmaid Ferriter
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Eamon de Valera is the most controversial figure in modern Irish history and as this book argues, the most misunderstood. 'Dev' has been characterised as a stern, un-bending, devious and divisive politician, in scholarship and in popular culture. Here, Diarmaid Ferriter investigates the far more complex personal and public identities of the revolutionary fighter, Fianna Fail party founder, taoiseach and president who reimagined the state both literally, in its first constitution, and figuratively, offering a much mocked vision of Ireland as a pre-industrial, pastoral island. Ferriter presents an in-depth analysis of De Valera using previously unpublished letters, government documents and photographs to chronicle his long and remarkable career. One such letter contradicts the conventional wisdom that de Valera escaped execution in 1916 because of his American citizenship, offering the leader's personal account of events. Engagingly written and tactile to hold, Judging Dev won four prestigious Irish book awards and awakened a national conversation through a parallel RTE radio series and RIA exhibition. When an Irish taoiseach launched this book in 2007 it was fittingly said it would be 'equally invaluable in classroom, in college and in the home'.
Language
English
Pages
396
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Royal Irish Academy
Release
October 15, 2007
ISBN
1904890288
ISBN 13
9781904890287

Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon De Valera: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon de Valera

Diarmaid Ferriter
3.6/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Eamon de Valera is the most controversial figure in modern Irish history and as this book argues, the most misunderstood. 'Dev' has been characterised as a stern, un-bending, devious and divisive politician, in scholarship and in popular culture. Here, Diarmaid Ferriter investigates the far more complex personal and public identities of the revolutionary fighter, Fianna Fail party founder, taoiseach and president who reimagined the state both literally, in its first constitution, and figuratively, offering a much mocked vision of Ireland as a pre-industrial, pastoral island. Ferriter presents an in-depth analysis of De Valera using previously unpublished letters, government documents and photographs to chronicle his long and remarkable career. One such letter contradicts the conventional wisdom that de Valera escaped execution in 1916 because of his American citizenship, offering the leader's personal account of events. Engagingly written and tactile to hold, Judging Dev won four prestigious Irish book awards and awakened a national conversation through a parallel RTE radio series and RIA exhibition. When an Irish taoiseach launched this book in 2007 it was fittingly said it would be 'equally invaluable in classroom, in college and in the home'.
Language
English
Pages
396
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Royal Irish Academy
Release
October 15, 2007
ISBN
1904890288
ISBN 13
9781904890287

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