The aftermath of the 1916 Rising is often overlooked, usually covered as a footnote. But it saw the rebirth of the Volunteers and laid the foundations for the War of Independence. Picking up where the authors' acclaimed account of the Rising left off, we join the men and women of the Rising in the dark abyss of defeat.

A stirring account of the immediate aftermath of the Irish Easter Rising, where some prisoners faced execution, and others went on to "graduate" from their internment camps, which became known as "Republican Universities."