Contemporary Review, August 1st, 1996
Jim Ring's 'Erskine Childers: A Biography' has succeeded in portraying the enigmatic writer of 'The Riddle of the Sands' where others failed. He was able to perceive that Erskine saw the liberation of Ireland as the British Empire's way to moral salvation. Erskine was born in London, educated at Haileybury and then on to Cambridge where his circle included Bertrand Russell and other like-minded Liberals. He married a Bostonian, Mary Osgood, and with her, he became more concerned with the Irish question. His deep involvement with the Irish Republican Army led to his execution by musketry.
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