Forgotten soldiers : the Irishmen shot at dawn
2007, First Edition. Dublin : Gill & Macmillan. Very good cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Lower text block edge lightly stained; likewise on the front free endpaper, which also bears a contemporary (2008) reader inscription. Remains well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #471948
Physical description; xi, 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-213) and index. Contents; Ninety years on -- The clash of the Croziers -- The new front -- Side by side -- Dying for Ireland -- Death on the Somme -- The shock of battle -- Looking for hope -- Heading for home -- Not in my name -- A class of their own -- One last chance -- The final executions -- The fight for change -- Ireland's call -- Appendix. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918. Desertions. Participation, Irish. Shooting (Execution). Soldiers. Executions and executioners. Ireland. Great Britain. Military history. 20th century. Biography. Illustrated. Map.
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