In this biography, Owen Dudley Edwards sheds a new often startling, always provactive light on Eamon de Valera, a founding spirit of modern Ireland. 'Dev' was always seen to be a subtle and complex man, but Owen Dudley Edwards's highly original study uncovers new layers of complexity in the man and his outlook. The realities of de Valera's career, no less than the legends, are memorably explored in this book.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:
""[An] entertaining portrait of Eamon de Valera. . . . Most enjoyable.""--Times Literary Supplement
- ISBN10 0813206669
- ISBN13 9780813206660
- Publish Date 1 December 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint The Catholic University of America Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 161
- Language English