Roger CasementThis masterly biography examines the fascinating and contradictory career of Roger Casement, one of the most controversial figures of the last century. Roger Casement was brought up as a Protestant in Dublin and began his extraordinary career as one of Stanley's volunteers in the Congo Free State. During his time in Africa, he exposed King Leopold II's exploitation of the natives and went on to reveal the ruthlessness of the British in South America, for which he received a knighthood. In Germany after the outbreak of the First World War he claimed Ireland's right to recognition to independent nationhood; he returned to Ireland in 1916 in a U-boat, was captured, taken to London, tried and hanged as a traitor. To further blacken his name the British government released what purported to be his diaries, which demonstrated that he had been a practising homosexual. Controversy still rages today as to whether or not these were forgeries. In this absorbing study, Brian Inglis throws new light on Casement's life, examining evidence from Foreign Office files to discover the truth about his influence at home and abroad. He explores the contradictions -- political, religious and personal -- of a man whose life posed many questions that continue to be asked today. Book jacket. |
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... The Belgian Congo and the Berlin Act , Oxford , 1919 Krafft - Ebing , R. von , Psychopathia Sexualis , London , 1967 Larkin , Emmet , James Larkin , London , 1965 Lavery , John , The Life of a Painter , London , 1940 Lawrence , T. E. ...
... The Belgian Congo and the Berlin Act , Oxford , 1919 Krafft - Ebing , R. von , Psychopathia Sexualis , London , 1967 Larkin , Emmet , James Larkin , London , 1965 Lavery , John , The Life of a Painter , London , 1940 Lawrence , T. E. ...
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INTRODUCTION | 13 |
Part One KING LEOPOLDS CONGO 18841905 | 19 |
Part Two JOHN BULLS OTHER ISLAND | 107 |
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