{"product_id":"michael-collins-soldier-and-peacemaker-1","title":"Michael Collins: Soldier and Peacemaker","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘The freedom to achieve freedom’ – a book to help children discover the life of the remarkable Irish political hero Michael Collins!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the soldier and peacemaker that was Michael Collins! Michael Collins was born in County Cork and was the youngest of eight children. He moved to London as a teenager but returned to Ireland to fight in the Easter Rising of 1916. By 1919 he was Minister for Finance in the First Dáil.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the Irish War of Independence, Michael went back to London to negotiate peace. The resulting Anglo-Irish Treaty established the Irish Free State but depended on an oath of allegiance to the Crown. And so the Irish Civil War began …\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Collins is the sixth book in Gill’s \u003cem\u003eLittle Library\u003c\/em\u003e series. Other books in the series are \u003cem\u003eGranuaile\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrian Boru\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMary Robinson\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTom Crean\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eConstance Markievicz\u003c\/em\u003e. When your collection is complete you’ll have a Little Library – and big knowledge!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning, bestselling father-daughter illustrator\/writer duo Fatti Burke and John Burke: a book to help children discover the life of the remarkable Irish political hero Michael Collins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Children's","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":58186779459971,"sku":"9780717194100","price":10.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/michael-collins-soldier-and-peacemaker-1","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}