{"product_id":"mick-the-real-michael-collins-9780143038542","title":"Mick: The Real Michael Collins","description":"Few leaders in history have been as mythologized as Michael Collins. Before his death at 31, he had fought in the Easter Rising, organized the IRA and out-spied British intelligence, negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty, and run the first independent government in Ireland. Peter Hart's groundbreaking biography restores humanity to this mythical figure. Drawing on previously unknown sources, delving into Collins's pre-revolutionary past, and assessing the methods--and the costs--of his rise to power, \u003ci\u003eMick\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a man of often ruthless ambition, more politician than soldier, whose friendships went no farther than his interests. A work as thrilling as it is authoritative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Hart is the Canada Research Chair of Irish Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the author of \u003cb\u003eThe I.R.A. and Its Enemies\u003c\/b\u003e (winner of the Christopher\u003cb\u003eEwart-Biggs Memorial Prize) and two other books on modern Irish history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844052947218,"sku":"9780143038542","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d3b5fd7-d32f-480c-a8bf-db428ee16d4b.jpg?v=1737308834","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mick-the-real-michael-collins-9780143038542","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}