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A document worthy of the tragic theme...By his meticulous assembly of the facts, Calton Younger presents a picture of dedicated heroism, even when irish guns were directed against Irishmen... The waste of Michael Collin's death, and the daring and nobility of the life that led to it, are memorably enshirned in Mr. Younger's pages, and Michael Collins is only one in his crowded gallery of heros.Only a hair's breadth of principle devided them, but the turned it into a river of blood. To tell that story, one of the most heart-rending in human history, without melodrama, distortion, or moralixing hindsight, is and accomplishment indeed" - Michael Foot, Evening Standard"Using skilfully the material with which informants supplied him, as well as books and documents, he has compiled a story of the Civil War and its origing shich, in its main outlines at any rate, will, I believe, be accepted and followed by future historians. Calton Younger is a man of independent mind and cautious judgement." Ernest Blyth, Irish Times"Mr. Younger has wide knowledge, a gift for narrative and a lot of splendid stories to tell... there is hardly a page in it without a lively incident." Economist