Terence MacSwiney

'if the excerpt ... is anything to go by, it should be a rollicking read' -- Southern Star 'gripping' -- Evening Echo 'a vivid and compelling account of one of the most momentous episodes in Ireland's struggle for self-determination' -- Evening Echo 'a gripping read ... goes far in explaining the fascination with MacSwiney then and still' -- Irish Times 'Hannigan has an acute eye for detail and for the richness of information and misinformation in newspaper sources' -- Irish Times 'absorbing and often unsettling detail' -- Irish Times 'a compelling exploration of a modern media moment' -- Irish Times 'Cork-born journalist Dave Hannigan has produced a very fine book ... a full and compelling account of a man who was selflessly devoted to an ideal -- Sunday Business Post 'Hannigan, by choosing to write solely about the hunger strike and the events that transpired worldwide as a result, has written a powerful fast-paced book. This is a story that inspired a tremendous national and international reaction at the time and as -- The Irish Story 'This compressed time frame gives the book the qualities of a novel, it is a real page-turner and the reader will find it hard to put down thanks in no small way to the author's journalistic style. As the drama unfolds the shadow of MacSwiney's inevitable -- The Irish Story 'Hannigan's account of a family desperately seeking to find a way to protect their imprisoned loved one is a heart rending one ... a compelling poignant page turner' -- The Irish Story 'fascinating' -- Westmeath Independent

Dave Hannigan is a sports columnist with The Sunday Tribune, the Evening Echo and New York's Irish Echo. He is the author of three previous books and is also an adjunct professor of history at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island.