Brian Lenihan, his Life & Loyalties

As New Unmarked first edition. 251 pages, very slight tanning.
Was Brian Lenihan merely the warm-up speaker for Fianna Fáil Ard Fheiseanna, who roused the crowds and defended every sticky corner with his catchphrase "no problem"? Or was he one of Ireland's best foreign ministers and a man who should have been Taoiseach?

In this major biography of Brian Lenihan, James Downey looks behind the legend. To the true Brian Lenihan, with his extraordinary magnanimity, his loyalty to leader, party and country, and the inner shyness which concealed the breadth of his political knowledge and acumen. From his early days touring Europe after World War Two to the trauma of his 1990 Presidential bid, this book reassesses Lenihan's role in the political events of his times and reveals a man who sacrificed himself for the Party.