Nationalist Revolutionaries in Ireland 1858-1928

'meticulously researched, presented with the authority of hundreds of footnotes and references' Irish Independent 'an extremely important book, produced to the usual Oxford University Press standards, and prescribed reading for all students of Ireland's recent past. It is packed full of new ideas and witty asides which you wish you had thought of yourself.' Linen Hall Review `Garvin's sophisticated, polished analysis is provocative. It could add much to advanced courses in Irish studies.' American Historical Review 'This short book is good value for the student of Irish history and politics.' E.D. Steele, University of Leeds. The Historical Association 'In this book, as in others, he shows the hallmark of the Garvin school - well-researched historical accounts firmly based on comparative political science literature.' Neil Collins, University of Ulster. Irish Political Studies 'excellent book' A.C. Hepburn, Sunderland Polytechnic, Irish Economic and Social History, Vol. XVII 1990 'a key commentary on Ireland's revolution ... His familiarity with conventional primary sources will comfort traditional political historians, but his breadth of reading in the historiography of European revolution, and in political theory, provides much more generous perspectives than are generally proffered in Irish political history ... a thoroughly rigorous group-biography, anecdotal evidence and sketchy inference in earlier studies being pinned down with both precision and skill.' Alvin Jackson, University College, Dublin, Irish Historical Studies 'Nationalist Revolutionaries will rank alongside David Fitzpatrick's Politics and rural life as a key commentary on Ireland's revolution. His familiarity with conventional primary sources will comfort traditional politial historians, but his breadth of reading in the historiography of European revolution, and in political theory, provides much more generous perspectives than are generally proffered in Irish political history ... a thoroughly rigorous group-biography, anecdotal evidence and sketchy inference in earlier studies being pinned down with both precision and skill.' Irish Historical Studies