
Carson
The Man Who Divided Ireland
Geoffrey Lewis(Author)
Hambledon Continuum (Publisher)
Published on 15. July 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-85285-570-3 (ISBN)
Description
The partition of Ireland in 1921, and the birth of Northern Ireland as a political entity, was the work of one man above all. Edward Carson, born in Dublin in 1854, was a brilliant lawyer whose cross-questioning of Oscar Wilde at his libel trial brought about Wilde's downfall. An inspiring orator and a political heavyweight at Westminster, his defense of Unionism in the years before the First World War, and of the rights of Ulster not to be swamped in an independent Ireland, made a united Ireland a political impossibility. While some of his actions were denounced in England as close to treason, Carson's idealism and religious tolerance were untypical of the sectarian bigotry that marred the later history of Northern Ireland. "Carson: The Man Who Divided Ireland" is the first modern biography of a major figure in both British and Irish politics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
27
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
471 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85285-570-3 (9781852855703)
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Person
Geofrey Lewis is the author of biographies of Lord Atkin and Lord Hailsham.
Content
Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Dublin; 2 Home Rule; 3 London; 4 Oscar Wilde; 5 The End of Unionist Government; 6 The Naval Cadet; 7 The House of Lords; 8 The Conservative Leadership; 9 Asquith's Home Rule Bill; 10 Ulster; 11 Marconi. 12 The Curragh; 13 Craigavon; 14 War and Peace; 15 Opposition; 16 The Fall of Asquith; 17 Final Attempt; Notes; Bibliography; Index.