A star called Henry

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Doyle at his best- his portrait of turn-of-the-century Dublin's dark side is masterful. There is a Dickensian richness to language and character' The TimesBorn in the Dublin slums of 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. By the time he can walk he's out robbing and begging, often cold and always hungry, but a prince of the streets. By Easter Monday, 1916, he's fourteen years old and already six-foot-two, a soldier in the Irish Citizen Army. A year later he's ready to die for Ireland again, a rebel, a Fenian and a killer. With his father's wooden leg as his weapon, Henry becomes a Republican legend - one of Michael Collins' boys, a cop killer, an assassin on a stolen bike.

subjects: Fiction,  Young men,  Revolutionaries,  Guerrillas,  History,  People with social disabilities,  Biographical fiction,  Adventure stories,  Poor,  Family,  Social conditions,  Révolutionnaires,  Histoire,  Romans,  Easter Rising (Ireland : 1916) fast (OCoLC)fst01352821,  Ireland,  Historical Fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Ireland, history, easter rising, 1916, fiction,  Ireland, fiction,  Large type books,  Fiction, historical, general,  Families

Places: Ireland,  Dublin,  Irlande,  Dublin (Ireland)

Times: Easter Rising, 1916,  20th century,  1916 (révolte de Pâques)