{"product_id":"mick-isbn-9780143038542","title":"Mick","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.A triumph . . . Insights abound . . . Reads like a le Carre thriller. (\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the book that will unquestionably be the starting point for all future reflections on Collins. (\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Hart] succeeds in demystifying a legend. (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fine biography . . . written with immense verve. (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)Peter 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","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299719500005,"sku":"NP9780143038542","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143038542.jpg?v=1767732633","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mick-isbn-9780143038542","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}