The 13th Apostle: A Novel of a Dublin Family, Michael Collins, and the Irish Uprising

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The story--both romantic and terrifying--of how a handful of men, armed with nothing more than handguns and guts, forced the greatest nation in the world from their shores. On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, the first great revolution of the twentieth century began as working-class men and women occupied buildings throughout Dublin, Ireland, including the general post office on O'Connell Street.

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Dermot McEvoy paints a gripping you-are-there portrait of revolutionary Ireland in The 13th Apostle. The job of rescuing a nation from its fate as an exploited colony was certain to be an epic task, and McEvoys expertly paced novel conjures the streets and characters with a historians keen eyeMcEvoypaints a portrait of the man in full, creating one of the most richly detailed character studies of Collins that I have ever readThere are many books about Collins, but few that understand his challenge and his accomplishments the way McEvoys The 13th Apostle does. Collins didnt just change Irish history; he reinvented it and the nations trajectory through action and sheer force of mind. McEvoy knows this as few others do, and The 13th Apostle tells the tale.Cahir ODoherty, Irish Voice

Anyone whos ever doubted the truth of William Faulkners famous assertion that the past is never deadits not even past should read Dermot McEvoys The 13th Apostle. McEvoy gives us the story of the Irish War for Independence in all its vivid, intimate, squalid, intricate, heroic, and tragic immediacy. The dust and cobwebs are dispelled. Sepia turns technicolor. In McEvoys hands, the past lives, breathes and walks among us. This is historical fiction of a rare and wonderful sort.
Peter Quinn, author of Banished Children of Eve on The 13th Apostle

The 13th Apostle is a compelling blow-by-blow account of the efforts Michael Collins led to bring independence to Ireland. Publishers Weekly
Dermot McEvoy paints a gripping you-are-there portrait of revolutionary Ireland in The 13th Apostle. The job of rescuing a nation from its fate as an exploited colony was certain to be an epic task, and McEvoys expertly paced novel conjures the streets and characters with a historians keen eyeMcEvoypaints a portrait of the man in full, creating one of the most richly detailed character studies of Collins that I have ever readThere are many books about Collins, but few that understand his challenge and his accomplishments the way McEvoys The 13th Apostle does. Collins didnt just change Irish history; he reinvented it and the nations trajectory through action and sheer force of mind. McEvoy knows this as few others do, and The 13th Apostle tells the tale.Cahir ODoherty, Irish Voice

Anyone whos ever doubted the truth of William Faulkners famous assertion that the past is never deadits not even past should read Dermot McEvoys The 13th Apostle. McEvoy gives us the story of the Irish War for Independence in all its vivid, intimate, squalid, intricate, heroic, and tragic immediacy. The dust and cobwebs are dispelled. Sepia turns technicolor. In McEvoys hands, the past lives, breathes and walks among us. This is historical fiction of a rare and wonderful sort.
Peter Quinn, author of Banished Children of Eve on The 13th Apostle

The 13th Apostle is a compelling blow-by-blow account of the efforts Michael Collins led to bring independence to Ireland. Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Dermot McEvoy was born in Dublin in 1950 and immigrated to New York City four years later. He is a graduate of Hunter Collge and is the author of the novels Terrible Angel, and Our Lady of Greenwich Village. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.