Publisher's Synopsis
In this biography, Owen Dudley Edwards sheds a new often startling, always provactive light on Eamon de Valera, a founding spirit of modern Ireland. 'Dev' was always seen to be a subtle and complex man, but Owen Dudley Edwards's highly original study uncovers new layers of complexity in the man and his outlook. The realities of de Valera's career, no less than the legends, are memorably explored in this book.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:
""[An] entertaining portrait of Eamon de Valera. . . . Most enjoyable.""--Times Literary Supplement
