The Scrap

In the last hours of the 1916 Easter Rising, 20-year old Charlie Saurin came face to face with his Commander-in-Chief, Patrick Pearse. In a final gamble, Pearse had a desperate plan to save the collapsing rebellion.It required the sacrifice of Saurin and his comrades.The Scrap is the true story of the rising, from first-hand evidence, as seen by one rebel unit - F Company, 2nd Battalion - following them from the first skirmish in Fairview to the inferno of the GPO.Told in the context of some of the major events of that week, the story of F Company brings alive the excitement, the humour, the horror and the contradictions of that decisive moment in the creation of the Irish state.

Product details

• Authors: Gene Kerrigan
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781781620359
• ISBN: 978-1-78162-035-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Easter Rising. 1916. Dublin. Irish Volunteers.