{"product_id":"9780716528340","title":"Patrick Pearse: The Triumph of Failure","description":"There has always been argument about whether Pearse's leadership of the Easter Rising in 1916 represented a failure or a triumph. Pearse, who found himself on Easter Monday proclaimed President of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Republic, took on himself the most bitter of roles at the finish: he was the first to make the move to surrender - and he was the first to be executed. In this re-issued major biography Ruth Dudley Edwards has placed Patrick Pearse in his historical, political and cultural context: she discusses his involvement with the Gaelic League, his role as a military leader in the nationalist movement and his claims as a socialist. Her account of his life does full justice to the story, recording its irony, absurdity and courage. This book will do much to arouse fresh interest in Patrick Pearse; it is sympathetic, balanced, meticulously researched, and above all highly readable.","brand":"Irish Academic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027823411440,"sku":"9780716528340","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780716528340_p0.jpg?v=1763621726","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780716528340","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}