{"product_id":"raids-and-rallies-9781856357159","title":"Raids and Rallies","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, when Ernie O'Malley lay under sentence of death in Mountjoy prison hospital, some of his notes were smuggled out. 'Most of all, ' he wrote, 'I would have liked to talk about the rank and file where I found solace. ' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaids and Rallies, an account of various offensives against the British in 1920- 21, is his tribute to that rank and file. 'It was a people's war. That is why we fought so well from November 1920.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What helps to make these memoirs notable ... is that O'Malley writes more than a documentary in his constant awareness of nature in the background. ' - Sunday Press;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Entrancing reading ... for those who seek an insight into the mentality of the men who took on the might of the British Empire. ' - Sunday Independent;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Where O'Malley differs from virtually all others who have published their recollections of those years is that he was a writer and an intellectual who was constantly weighing and analysing all that was happening. ' - The Irish Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the trilogy that inspired the movie 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mercier Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856953610514,"sku":"9781856357159","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b59d39f-ab85-460b-afaa-38a1d4941491.jpg?v=1737516461","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/raids-and-rallies-9781856357159","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}