This book is from the author of the best selling "Easter Rising". It offers fantastic reviews and sales of the hardback. It includes the subject of a major TV documentary. It is based on primary research. It is updated from the hardback. Michael Collins is often thought of as Ireland's lost a man born into a revolutionary environment who became a skilled statesman and military leader. Michael Foy's new book looks in depth at Collins' key role in the Anglo Irish War. It is based on primary source which have not been accessed by previous historians.
This is a unique and outstanding book highlighting some of the more fascinating aspects of the Irish War of Independence. It provides a well researched account of some of the more sinister figures at the heart of the seedy underworld of intelligence and takes us through some of the most bloody and shameful incidents of that conflict.