{"product_id":"9781473519572","title":"James Connolly: My Search for the Man, the Myth and his Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE FORMER IRA MEMBER AND AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE INFORMER\u003c\/i\u003e, SEAN O'CALLAGHAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Very interesting on how fanaticism can develop within a community, and especially relevant today.' Bob Geldof\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of revolutionary James Connolly, his role in the 1916 Easter Rising, and his subsequent influence both on O'Callaghan himself, and on 20th century Irish politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEaster Monday, 24th April, 1916\u003c\/b\u003e: James Connolly, a 48-year-old Edinburgh-born Marxist and former British soldier, stands at the top of the steps of Liberty Hall, Dublin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'We are going out to be slaughtered,' Connolly told his comrades, and with this he set in train the Easter Rising of 1916.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo weeks later, in a scene that has haunted Nationalist Ireland ever since, he was carried to his place of execution having been badly wounded. Placed on a chair, he was shot dead by soldiers of the army he had once served in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a traditional biography; it is a book about Sean O'Callaghan's relationship with a man who was to deeply influence his formative years; it is about the politics of violent extremism that O'Callaghan subsequently became caught up in; and it's about the kind of individuals who are willing to sacrifice everything, including their lives, for a holy cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNever has a book been more timely.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158302212336,"sku":"9781473519572","price":14.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473519572_p0.jpg?v=1763602063","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473519572","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}