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A personal narrative of the Irish revolutionary brotherhood, giving a faithful report of the principal events from 1885 to 1867, written, at the reque

A personal narrative of the Irish revolutionary brotherhood, giving a faithful report of the principal events from 1885 to 1867, written, at the reque

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Historical FiguresGeneral World HistoryUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 9389169941
ISBN13: 9789389169942
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 29 2019
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Revolution is rarely tidy. It is always human. Joseph Denieffe writes with the urgency of a witness, shaping a candid irish nationalist memoir of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the road to the fenian rising 1867. Five minutes can change everything. Written at the request of friends, this revolutionary autobiography account follows the movement's organising, risks, loyalties, and fractures across Victorian era Ireland, offering a grounded sense of how ordinary lives met extraordinary politics. Part personal testimony, part 19th century political memoir, Denieffe's narrative stands as irish revolutionary brotherhood history from inside the circles that planned, travelled, fundraised, and endured surveillance. Readers interested in irish independence revolutionary politics will find a clear, chronological perspective on the 1860s irish rebellion and the wider Fenian network, without the distance of later mythmaking. For historians it remains an irish history research source; for family historians it can illuminate places, community pressures, and patterns of migration useful to genealogy and local history. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Whether you come for a classic irish history reprint, or to understand the lived texture behind headlines and anniversaries, this edition deserves a place beside your core shelf of Irish history. Casual readers will appreciate the brisk narrative drive; collectors will value its rarity and plain-spoken conviction, a fenian movement firsthand account that still sparks debate and reflection in our own time, too.

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