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Enigma
Paul Bew
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Parnell is the most enigmatic figure in Irish history. An Anglo-Irish landlord from a distinguished and long-established Wicklow family, he became the most unlikely leader of Irish nationalism imaginable. None the less, from the late 1870s until his fall and death in 1891, he held the whole of Ireland spellbound. He established Home Rule for Ireland—previously a taboo subject in British politics—at the centre of Westminster affairs and effectively created the modern Irish state in embryo.
His fall was as dramatic as his rise. The affair with Mrs Katharine O’Shea, the mother of his three children, destroyed him. ... Read more
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Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780717154524
SKU
V9780717154524
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99-10
About Paul Bew
Paul Bew is Professor of Political Science at Queen’s University, Belfast and one of the most distinguished historians of modern Ireland. His most recent book is Ireland: The Politics of Enmity 1789–2006.
Reviews for Enigma
“Perhaps the most striking feature of Professor Paul Bew’s book is how much is packed into so little space...his trick is not to dwell on the nuances of Parnell’s upbringing...but to examine forensically every dramatic episode of the epic life” Michael Foley, The Sunday Times ‘A significant new assessment ... Read more