{"product_id":"great-hatred-the-assassination-of-field-marshal-sir-henry-wilson-mp-paperback","title":"Great Hatred: The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonan McGreevy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE IRISH TOP 10 BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping investigation into one of Irish\u003cbr\u003ehistory's greatest mysteries, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Hatred\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e reveals the true story behind one of the most\u003cbr\u003esignificant political assassinations to ever have been committed on British\u003cbr\u003esoil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Heart-stopping\u003cbr\u003e. . . The book is both forensic and a page-turner, and ultimately deeply\u003cbr\u003etragic, for Ireland as much as for the murder victim.\" - \u003cb\u003eMICHAEL PORTILLO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gripping from start to finish. McGreevy turns a forensic\u003cbr\u003emind to a political assassination that changed the course of history, \u003cbr\u003euncovering a trove of unseen evidence in the process.\" - \u003cb\u003eANITA ANAND\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Patient Assassin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Invaluable.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Intelligent and insightful.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIRISH INDEPENDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 22 June 1922, Sir Henry Wilson - the former head of the British army and one\u003cbr\u003eof those credited with winning the First World War - was shot and killed by two\u003cbr\u003eveterans of that war turned IRA members in what was the most significant\u003cbr\u003epolitical murder to have taken place on British soil for more than a century.\u003cbr\u003eHis assassins were well-educated and pious men. One had lost a leg during the\u003cbr\u003eBattle of Passchendaele. Shocking British society to the core, the shooting caused\u003cbr\u003econsternation in the government and almost restarted the conflict between\u003cbr\u003eBritain and Ireland that had ended with the Anglo-Irish Treaty just five months\u003cbr\u003eearlier. Wilson's assassination triggered the Irish Civil War, which cast the\u003cbr\u003edarkest of shadows over the new Irish State. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho ordered the killing? Why did two English-born Irish nationalists kill an\u003cbr\u003eIrish-born British imperialist? What was Wilson's role in the Northern Ireland\u003cbr\u003egovernment and the violence which matched the intensity of the Troubles fifty\u003cbr\u003eyears later? Why would Michael Collins, who risked his life to sign a peace\u003cbr\u003etreaty with Great Britain, want one of its most famous soldiers dead, and how\u003cbr\u003edid the Wilson assassination lead to Collins' tragic death in an ambush two\u003cbr\u003emonths later? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon newly released archival material and never-before-seen\u003cbr\u003edocumentation, \u003ci\u003eGreat Hatred\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelatory work that sheds light on a moment that changed the\u003cbr\u003ecourse of Irish and British history for ever.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47519995298013,"sku":"9780571372829","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/kibua2noBJ9780571372829.webp?v=1772235310","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/great-hatred-the-assassination-of-field-marshal-sir-henry-wilson-mp-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}