Michael Collins: Soldier and Peacemaker Little Library 6

<p>‘The freedom to achieve freedom’ – a book to help children discover the life of the remarkable Irish political hero Michael Collins!</p><p>Discover the soldier and peacemaker that was Michael Collins! Michael Collins was born in County Cork and was the youngest of eight children. He moved to London as a teenager but returned to Ireland to fight in the Easter Rising of 1916. By 1919 he was Minister for Finance in the First Dáil.</p><p>After the Irish War of Independence, Michael went back to London to negotiate peace. The resulting Anglo-Irish Treaty established the Irish Free State but depended on an oath of allegiance to the Crown. And so the Irish Civil War began …</p><p>Michael Collins is the sixth book in Gill’s <em>Little Library</em> series. Other books in the series are <em>Granuaile</em>, <em>Brian Boru</em>, <em>Mary Robinson</em>, <em>Tom Crean</em> and <em>Constance Markievicz</em>. When your collection is complete you’ll have a Little Library – and big knowledge!</p>