Take The 13th Apostle: A Novel Of Michael Collins And The Irish Uprising Written By Dermot McEvoy Listed As Script

beautiful view of a great man,

Even though Eoin only lives in this story,

he really is alive and active, giving the reading an intimate view of Michael Collins.
Thank you

Loved it! Well done Very uneven well written in parts, but just plain bad in others, Decent story overall, but a lot of pointless scenes especially between the tiresome Johnnyand Diane and jumping around to other places and times that added nothing to the story.
The action is exciting at times but the prose is dry as a bone, And don't look for equity, This author paints Collins as a saintly Robin Hood, I am grateful, however, that McEvoy introduces the pantheon of Irish independence to a wider audience, This novel tells the story of Michael Collins' postactions through the fictional creation of a teenage "righthandman" that bears witness to the Irish Revolution in Dublin.
Eoin Kavanagh is a great creation to tell this essential and exciting story in a very engaging way, Eoin's work and proximity of Collins allows the reader intimate access to the story, and McEvoy does a great job telling this story,

However, I was confused by some of McEvoy's artistic decisions to the point I mentioned them to a friend as a source of frustration in an otherwise enjoyable book.
The story is framed by Eoin's death as a very old man, and his grandson and granddaughterinlaw going through his possessions and finding his diary.
The diary provides the firstperson narrative which is the majority of the book, However, the interludes of Johnnyand his wife are clunky and distractingly sexual, In almost every chapter that includes them, they devolve into sexual contact, which seems extremely out of place and against the tone of the book itself.
For example, as the couple take a break and walk around St, Stephens Green and note how historical the area is, Johnnygets an erection and presses it against his wife in an embrace, Just out of nowhere. In the middle of the Michael Collins' story, The other distracting feature is the abandonment of the firstperson narrative to an unexplained thirdperson perspective in separate chapters, I found this distracting while reading the book, but it is explained literally in the last page of the novel,

Despite these faults, if you have an interest in the ins and out of how Michael Collins outsmarted the Empire, I recommend this book.
The faults are easily ignored, and the main story is well told, Got off to a great start but bogged down as it pushed through to the known, sad end, Has made me decide to go back and research the relationship between Michael Collins and Eamon deValera,
An outstanding book about the Rising and the Formation of the Irish Republic,

With theth anniversary of the Rising next year this is a book that brings that time alive, Captivating and moving in how one man so loved Ireland, I received a copy of this book through NetGalley, I did not finish this book, I could not. The formatting was horrible. Then, atof the way in, I read 'they were awesomely horny for each other', No. I expected a historical fiction novel, not something that was more a young student's first attempt at writing, Do not waste your money, what a struggle! and i really wanted to like this, . : I enjoyed the history but parts of the story were disjointed, I was excited to to read this, Read about/then assigned it DNF, It was tedious, I didnt learn anything I didnt already know, and I wasnt enjoying my reading time, great topic. I may try again. Historical fiction about Michael Collins' little band, The history was interesting. I had to skip over some of the violent parts, Story was ok not gripping, I enjoyed this book, you really felt that you got to know Michael Collins the man, and understood his political stance and resolve, I would have liked a map of Dublin and surrounds to get a better understanding of their movements around the city,
The only disappointing parts were the stupid sexual encounters of the Kavanagh grandson and wife, with their inane comments! It rather spoiled the gravity of the historical aspects.

A fine read

A book I would highly recommend to anyone interested in the late teens and early twenties of Ireland's history.
Personally, I couldn't put it down, Really struggled with this book,
Parts where ok and parts just made me frustrated as they did not belong, All the badly written sex scenes and sexual comments bothered me, A little long but the short chapters helped the pace, History and fiction woven together well to create a engaging story and historical narrative,

Eoins final diary entry is a most satisfying conclusion, and its unfortunate that one short chapter follows,

Worth reading if you enjoy history, I really loved this book, I could have done without the chapters of Johnnyand Diane but besides that I really liked all the others characters.
Eion was lovely, I adored him, same goes for micheal himself, amp the parts about the squad were awesome, Although I knew how it would end I was hooked until the last page, Such an interesting part of history!,stars. On Easter Monday, April,, the first great revolution of the twentieth century began as workingclass men and women occupied buildings throughout Dublin, Ireland, including the General Post Office on OConnell Street.
Among the commoners in the GPO was a young staff captain of the Irish Volunteers named Michael Collins, He was joined a day later by a fourteenyearold messenger boy, Eoin Kavanagh, Four days later they would all surrender, but they had struck the match that would burn Great Britain out of Ireland for the first time in seven hundred years.


Theth Apostle is the reimagined story of how Michael Collins, along with his young acolyte Eoin, transformed Ireland from a colony into a nation.
Collinss secret weapon was his intelligence system and his assassination squad, nicknamed “The Twelve Apostles, ” On November,, the squadwith its thirteenth member, young Eoinassassinated the entire British Secret Service in Dublin, Twelve months and sixteen days later, Collins signed the Treaty atDowning Street, which brought into being what is, today, the Republic of Ireland,

An epic novel in the tradition of Thomas Flanagans The Year of the French and Leon Uriss Trinity, Theth Apostle will capture the imagination and hearts of freedomloving readers everywhere.
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