Roger Casement /
By: Mitchell, Angus [author.].
Series: 16 Lives series: Publisher: Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 2013Description: 414 pages : illustrations, plates ; 24 cm.Content type: text $2 rdacontent | text | still image Media type: unmediated $2 rdamedia | unmediated Carrier type: volume $2 rdacarrier | volumeISBN: 9781847172648 (pbk.); 9781847172648:; 1847172644 (pbk.).Subject(s): Casement, Roger, 1864-1916 | Nationalists -- Ireland -- Biography | Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921
| Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916DDC classification: 941.50821092 Summary: Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation into atrocities in the Congo led Casement to anti-imperialist views. Ultimately, this led him to side with the Irish Republican movement, leading up to the 1916 rising. Arrested by the British for gun trafficking, he was convicted of treason and sentenced to death. This book is a fascinating examination of Casement's extraordinary life.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-389) and index.
Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation into atrocities in the Congo led Casement to anti-imperialist views. Ultimately, this led him to side with the Irish Republican movement, leading up to the 1916 rising. Arrested by the British for gun trafficking, he was convicted of treason and sentenced to death. This book is a fascinating examination of Casement's extraordinary life.