I have just finished reading this book and wondered if anyone else had done so.
My view is that the author, Andrew Roberts, is anti-Irish. I don't have too much of a problem with that, but I strongly object to a sentence on page 579. This is part of a section in which he says that Hollywood political correctness has fastened on the Brit, especially the imperialist Brit, as a safe target for sustained abuse and misrepresentation.
He goes on to say:
"In October 1996, Michael Collins was released, a badly skewed biopic of the Irish republican leader. In it a British armoured car is shown firing on an audience in a sports stadium (which never happened),....."
Am I being over sensitive or is not the quote above misrepresentation, given that he does not go on to describe the killing by British forces of the people at Croke Park?
I have emailed Mr Roberts telling him what I think and will pass on ant reply that I get.
I am not holding my breath waiting for it!
My view is that the author, Andrew Roberts, is anti-Irish. I don't have too much of a problem with that, but I strongly object to a sentence on page 579. This is part of a section in which he says that Hollywood political correctness has fastened on the Brit, especially the imperialist Brit, as a safe target for sustained abuse and misrepresentation.
He goes on to say:
"In October 1996, Michael Collins was released, a badly skewed biopic of the Irish republican leader. In it a British armoured car is shown firing on an audience in a sports stadium (which never happened),....."
Am I being over sensitive or is not the quote above misrepresentation, given that he does not go on to describe the killing by British forces of the people at Croke Park?
I have emailed Mr Roberts telling him what I think and will pass on ant reply that I get.
I am not holding my breath waiting for it!