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The twelve apostles / Tim Pat Coogan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Head of Zeus, 2017.Description: 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781784080150 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.50821 23
LOC classification:
  • DA962
Summary: Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Fein proclaims Dail Eireann the parliament of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly to be illegal, and a vicious guerrilla war breaks out between republican and crown forces. Michael Collins, intelligence chief of the Irish Republican Army, creates an elite squad whose role is to assassinate British agents and undercover police. The so-called 'Twelve Apostles' will create violent mayhem, culminating in the events of 'Bloody Sunday' in November 1920. Tim Pat Coogan not only tells the story of Collins' squad, he also examines the remarkable intelligence network of which it formed a part, and which helped to bring the British government to the negotiating table.
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General The Harden Library, King's Hospital Main 941.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R16427Y0499

Originally published: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Fein proclaims Dail Eireann the parliament of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly to be illegal, and a vicious guerrilla war breaks out between republican and crown forces. Michael Collins, intelligence chief of the Irish Republican Army, creates an elite squad whose role is to assassinate British agents and undercover police. The so-called 'Twelve Apostles' will create violent mayhem, culminating in the events of 'Bloody Sunday' in November 1920. Tim Pat Coogan not only tells the story of Collins' squad, he also examines the remarkable intelligence network of which it formed a part, and which helped to bring the British government to the negotiating table.

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