Frank Pakenham Earl of Longford Bücher

Longford, Frank Pakenham. Peace by ordeal. An account, from first-hand sources, of the negotiation and signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921. By Lord Longford (Frank Pakenham). London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1972. 18 cm. 318 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example: The Treaty of Peace / The Black-and-Tans / June 1921 / The First Irish Proposals, the last plenary session and its sequel / The Shift against the South / etc.

This is a study of the treaty of 1921 which ended the Anglo-Irish War and laid the foundations for today's independent Republic of Ireland. It also gave legal effect to the partition of Ireland and created the conditions which have led to today's problems in Northern Ireland. The book gives an insight into the minds and compulsions of those on the negotiating teams led on the Irish side by Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins and, on the British, by Lloyd George, Lord Birkenhead, Austen Chamberlain and Winston Churchill.

1970. 2nd Impression. 499 pages. No dust jacket. White pictorial dust jacket laminated to green cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Moderate Water marks to page edges and corners. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Jacket has been laminated to book.