Kathleen Clarke by Kathleen Clarke

Kathleen Clarke by Kathleen Clarke

A compelling and genuine first hand account of an activist during the most exciting and turbulent period of Irish history the only first person account of 1916 ever published.

'Clarke doesn’t disappointWhat comes across is the heroic idealism of these people.'

-- The Sunday Tribune * The Sunday Tribune *

'This autobiography, edited with great skill by Helen Litton, is particularly valuable as it casts a fresh perspective on key figures and moments in the struggle for independence'

-- Irish Catholic * The Irish Catholic *

Kathleen Clarke was a political activist and wife of Tom Clarke, the first signatory of the Easter 1916 Proclamation. She knew and worked with many of the major figures in modern Irish history, like Eamon De Valera, Michael Collins, Padraig Pearse and James Connolly. Helen Litton is the author of six illustrated history books, and of two volumes in The O’Brien Press Sixteen Lives series, Edward Daly and Thomas Clarke. She is the editor of Revolutionary Woman, the autobiography of Kathleen Clarke. Helen is married, with two children and two grandchildren, and lives in Dublin.

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ISBN 13	9781847170590
ISBN 10	1847170595
Title	Kathleen Clarke
Author	Kathleen Clarke
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	O'Brien Press Ltd
Year published	2008-03-28
Number of pages	368
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