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Robert Emmet: A Life

author:Patrick M. Geoghegan
format:Hardcover Buy Robert Emmet Now
publisher:Gill & Macmillan Ltd
released:October, 2002
isbn:0717133877
isbn-13:9780717133871
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Excellent book about an Irish legend - Rated 5/5
Every Irish school child learns about Robert Emmet's 1803 so-called Rebellion. He is regarded as something of a legend, but other than his pathetic "rebellion" and his "let not my epitaph be written" speech from the dock - many Irish people do not know that much about him. Paddy Geoghegan's excellent book marking the 200th anniversary of his death is a comprehensive read (if occasionally guilty of duplication - eg, two descriptions of Emmet's execution).

The decision as to whether Emmet's hero or legend status is justified is very much left up to the reader. Geogeghan gives an excellent historic account of events and Emmet's participation in them. The botched rebellion and the reasons for its failure are described, and very much paint Emmet as an idealist for whom the word "planning" meant very little. The comparison with Patrick Pearse's "sacrifice" in 1916 is a valid one.

This book is a must for students of late 18th and early 19th century Irish history and I enjoyed it very much - RECOMMENDED!

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