Maurice Walsh: Bitter Freedom [2015] paperback ZBUSI Because Nell has a friend

Because Nell has a friend

spot the night's flying creatures and see the colours of the aurora borealis

the love of a dog

having been unable to find a publisher for what was to become her most celebrated work

But behind closed doors

Maurice Walsh: Bitter Freedom [2015] paperback ZBUSI Because Nell has a friendBitter Freedom is a new history of the Irish Revolution, placing Ireland in the global disorder born of the terrible slaughter of total war, as well as a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human face of the conflict. The Irish Revolution the war between the British authorities and the newly formed IRA was the first successful revolt anywhere against the British Empire. But it was not alone. Nationalist movements across the world were fired by the American