The Tragedy of Erskine Childers | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781847250209 | The Tragedy of Erskine Childers | Leonard Piper | Taschenbuch | 2007

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Beschreibung

In The Riddle of the Sands, a gripping spy story set amongst the shoals and mists of the North Sea coast in the years before the First World War, Erskine Childers fathered the modern genre of spy adventures, as well as writing a great yachting classic. Unlike John Buchan or John le Carré, however, Childers himself led a life involving spying, gun-running and conspiracy, and a constant search for adventure and danger, which led in the end to his execution by firing squad in Ireland in 1923.
The Tragedy of Erskine Childers tells the extraordinary story of a brilliant and highly talented eccentric. A pioneering yachtsman in the early days of small yacht sailing, Childers became such a fervent supporter of Irish nationalism that he ran guns to Ireland on his boat. In the Irish Civil War his extremism, and wish to take part in active service rather than write propaganda, led to his betrayal, trial and execution.

Über den Autor

Leonard Piper is the author of Murder by Gaslight, a study of late Victorian murder. He lives in Exeter.

Zusammenfassung

The story of Erskine Childers, a highly talented eccentric and the father of the modern genre of spy adventure novels. It tells of how his intense support of Irish Nationalism involving spying, gun running and conspiracy eventually led to his execution by firing squad in Ireland in 1923.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations
Introduction
1. Young Erskine
2. Sea Fever
3. Soldier
4. Author
5. Marriage
6. New Interests
7. Gun-Runner
8. The Cuxhaven Raid
9. The Dardanelles
10. Sea and Sky
11. Sinn Fein
12. Civil War
13. The Tragedy of Erskine Childers
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781847250209
ISBN-10:	1847250203
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Piper, Leonard
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Leonard Piper
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2007
Gewicht:	0,41 kg