Great Hatred: The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP (McGreevy Ronan)(Paperback)

THE IRISH TOP 10 BESTSELLERA gripping investigation into one of Irish history’s greatest mysteries, Great Hatred reveals the true story behind one of the most significant political assassinations to ever have been committed on British soil.''An incredible story, full of melodramatic details, and brilliantly handled by McGreevy in his wonderfully gripping book.'' TOM HOLLAND, THE REST IS HISTORY''Heart-stopping . . . The book is both forensic and a page-turner, and ultimately deeply tragic, for Ireland as much as for the murder victim.''MICHAEL PORTILLO''Gripping from start to finish. McGreevy turns a forensic mind to a political assassination that changed the course of history, uncovering a trove of unseen evidence in the process.''ANITA ANAND, author of The Patient Assassin''Invaluable.'' IRISH TIMES''Intelligent and insightful.'' IRISH INDEPENDENTOn 22 June 1922, Sir Henry Wilson – the former head of the British army and one of those credited with winning the First World War – was shot and killed by two veterans of that war turned IRA members in what was the most significant political murder to have taken place on British soil for more than a century. His assassins were well-educated and pious men. One had lost a leg during the Battle of Passchendaele. Shocking British society to the core, the shooting caused consternation in the government and almost restarted the conflict between Britain and Ireland that had ended with the Anglo-Irish Treaty just five
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