Leonard Piper
Autor(a) de Murder by Gaslight
Obras de Leonard Piper
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I picked this up secondhand shortly after I'd read and enjoyed the Riddle of the Sands. The biography is interesting, if not absolutely gripping, but what held my attention was the fact that the period covered is interesting in itself. Erskine Childers' lifetime spans the first World War and an eventful period of the conflict in Ireland, and he is heavily involved in both. On balance, an interesting read, but not one I'll be returning to in future.
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Membros
- 72
- Popularidade
- #243,043
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Resenhas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 5
It is the only one I have found that makes an honest stab at recording his wartime experiences in the RNAS, devoting three out of 13 chapters to his work during the First World War.
For this alone it is worth reading.
The rest of the book is a straight forward account of his life and death before a an Irish Government firing squad during the 1922 civil war. The author has no particular axe to grind and presents a balanced reading of a complex life.
The only problem I find with the book is the choice of titles. The publishers offers three variations: On the cover and spine 'The Tragedy of Erskine Childers'; on the fep 'Dangerous Waters'; on the title page 'Dangerous Waters - The Life and Death of Erskine Childers'!… (mais)