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This is a biography of Erskine Childers, a British author, soldier and parliamentarian who fought for the independence of Ireland. A member of Sinn Fein, he was minister of propaganda in De Valera's shadow government, and during the civil war was executed by Irish Free State forces. PW noted that Childers's "martyrdom is stirringly related."
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"It is a dramatic story, and Burke Wilkonson's account of it makes the most of the drama."
Christian Science Monitor
"Compelling and quite moving in its final pages, this life also gives the reader some light into Ireland's present disastrous state."
Kirkus Reviews