Brian Dillon: The Great Explosion: Gunpowder, the Great War, and a Disaster on the Kent Marshes [2015] hardback DESIG **THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**

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one of Ireland's most eminent historians explains why Eamon de Valera was such a divisive figure that he has never - until now - received the recognition he deserves

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Brian Dillon: The Great Explosion: Gunpowder, the Great War, and a Disaster on the Kent Marshes [2015] hardback DESIG **THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**The Great Explosion by Brian Dillon: a masterful account of a terrible disaster in a remarkable place In April 1916, shortly before the commencement of the Battle of the Somme, a fire started in a vast munitions works located in the Kentish marshes. The resulting series of explosions killed 108 people and injured many more. In a brilliant piece of storytelling, Brian Dillon recreates the events of that terrible day and, in so doing, sheds a fresh and