Parnell [electronic resource] : A Novel
Cregan, Brian2013
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Dublin, March 1874. Charles Stewart Parnell, only twenty-six years old, speaks in public for the first time as a candidate for Ireland's Home Rule Party. Hesitant and nervous, he stumbles through his speech to the sound of booing and leaves the platform humiliated. He vows that in future he will find his voice – and make it heard. Within three years of this speech, Parnell made the House of Commons unworkable; within six years he had destroyed the landlords in Ireland; and within a decade he controlled the House of Commons and put English Prime Ministers in and out of government at will. Parnell: A Novel charts the life of this most enigmatic and remarkable of men, as seen through the eyes of his loyal secretary James Harrison. From the Houses of Parliament to the blighted villages of the West of Ireland, from the courtrooms of the Royal Courts of Justice to the cells of Kilmainham Gaol, this is the story of how the character of one man could alter the fate of two nations.
Main title:
Parnell [electronic resource] : A Novel / Brian Cregan
Author:
Cregan, Brian, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : The History Press, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
ISBN:
9780752496962
Language:
English
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BRN:
2307435