Crossfire The Battle of the Four Courts, 1916

by O'Brien, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781848401297
• ISBN10: 1848401299
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-12
• Publisher: New Island

Summary

In Dublin, Ireland, the 1916 Easter Rising was about much more than the rebel forces occupying the city's General Post Office. Around the city, many volunteers and British soldiers were wounded or killed fighting in vicious urban warfare. One of the many forgotten combat struggles centered on North King Street and the Four Courts. In this brilliant new book, author Paul O'Brien revisits that conflict. Delving deep into the archives and the testimony of those involved, Crossfire brings to life a desperate struggle between mismatched forces, one that forced rebels to learn new ways of fighting. This gripping military history book is in turn exciting and tragic, and exposes the often forgotten stories of the 1916 Rising. (Series: 1916 In Focus)

Author Biography

Paul O' Brien is a military historian who has studied Irish and British military activity during the Easter Rising 1916. He has written a number of works on the 1916 Rising focusing on the military aspects of Easter week. This original work has brought new life to the military history of the 1916 Rising. A keen collector of model soldiers, he lives in Dublin