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-excellent condition
-662 pages
-by Peter de Rosa

‘Rebels is the saddest story I’ve read since The Tale of Two Cities. I’ve wept for Ireland a hundred times since reading it.’ Dr Catherine O’Mahony-O’Shea

Rebels tells the dramatic story of the uprising of Easter 1916, a key date for the Irish Republicanism.With the UK preoccupied with World War I, Irish republicans saw the opportunity they’d been waiting for: the Easter Rising of 1916. Setting up headquarters at the GPO in Dublin, members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the Irish Citizens Army planned an uprising to take back their country from the British.On Easter Monday, they began to seize various locations across Dublin and proclaimed Ireland a republic. The British Army brought in thousands of reinforcements to hold back the Irish, and heavy fighting and gunfire erupted in the streets. The following two weeks would change the course of Irish history and politics forever.

Praise for Rebels: The Irish Rising of 1916
‘Should be required reading for every member of the British cabinet and every member of parliament’ The Sunday Telegraph

‘An extremely readable, exciting and well documented account’ The Irish Times‘

My God, this is powerful stuff! De Rosa has enshrined Ireland’s heroes for the world to revere. It will bring a tear to the eye of every patriot — of whatever country’ Stephen Coonts, bestselling U.S. author‘

A bestseller, Rebels is in fact a best bestseller.’ The Irish Times‘

A stunningly dramatic, lyrical work… Events encompass enough intrigue, espionage, secret missions, heroism and suspense to fill several international thrillers’ US Publishers Weekly

Peter de Rosa was Professor of Metaphysics and Ethics at Westminster Seminary for six years and Dean of Theology at Corpus Christi College for six years. He has also been a BBC radio producer and has written his own television series. The author of the bestselling Vicars of Christ, he now lives in Co. Wicklow.