Crossfire The Battle of the Four Courts, 1916

In Dublin, Ireland, the 1916 Easter Rising was about much more than the rebel forces occupying the city's General Post Office. Around the city, many volunteers and British soldiers were wounded or killed fighting in vicious urban warfare. One of the many forgotten combat struggles centered on North King Street and the Four Courts. In this brilliant new book, author Paul O'Brien revisits that conflict. Delving deep into the archives and the testimony of those involved, Crossfire brings to life a desperate struggle between mismatched forces, one that forced rebels to learn new ways of fighting. This gripping military history book is in turn exciting and tragic, and exposes the often forgotten stories of the 1916 Rising. (Series: 1916 In Focus)