[Marxism] New book by Cliff Conner

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> ARTHUR O’CONNOR: The Most Important Irish Revolutionary You May Never Have 
> Heard Of
> 
> Those with an interest in Irish history or revolutionary history may want to 
> know about a newly-published biography of a fellow named Arthur O'Connor. The 
> author, Clifford D. Conner, writes: "Arthur O'Connor was an Irish 
> revolutionary 
> who isn't very well remembered but who deserves to be better known. He was, 
> in 
> my opinion, the most important leader of the Great Rebellion of 1798, a 
> watershed event in Irish history. Many histories of the Rebellion either 
> mention 
> him only in passing or not at all, which would be like writing a history of 
> the 
> Russian Revolution and neglecting to mention Lenin. Hopefully this biography 
> will at least begin the process of restoring Arthur O'Connor to historical 
> memory. My purpose in writing this book was not primarily to do historical 
> justice to O'Connor as an individual, but to promote a more accurate 
> understanding of the history of the Rebellion."
> 
> In addition to its historical significance, Arthur O'Connor's life was a 
> particularly interesting one. This book is well-researched, and besides being 
> a 
> solid work of scholarship is generally a "good read."
> 
> Clifford Conner is a historian and the author of other biographies of 
> revolutionaries (Jean Paul Marat and Edward Marcus Despard), and most 
> recently 
> of /A People's History of Science/.
> 
> The book can be ordered on-line at Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com. It is 
> available in both paperback and hardcover, and also in e-book form.

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