Great Irish Heroes - Fifty Irishmen and Women Who Shaped the World

by Stuart Pearson

How did the Irish independence movement lead directly to the invention of the modern submarine? Who was the Irish 'Queen' of Paraguay whose delusions of grandeur caused the destruction of her adopted country? Who escaped execution for participating in the Easter Rising of 1916, only to go on and be elected to the UK Parliament in London? Whose belief in reform through non-violent means became the inspiration for Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784189979
• ISBN13: 9781784189976
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: John Blake
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.8"