Rebel in His Family: Selected Papers of William Sm 86,99 zł
- Typ Okładki - Książka w miękkiej oprawie
- Wydawnictwo - Cork University Press
- Ilość stron - 94
- Rozmiar - 0.6 x 12.7 x 18.4 cm
- Autor - Richard Davis and Marianne Davis
- Język książki - Angielski
Product Description From the Author draws attention to the following review:The story of another revolutionary, William Smith OBrien, and that of two generations of his family, is glimpsed in forty letters selected from the OBrien family papers, spanning the period 1819 to 1864. Editors Richard and Marianne Davis present an excellent introduction to the correspondence, focusing on OBriens personality as much as on the events that shaped him as a political activist.... Readers will be interested in the letter writers observations on education, Irish distress and OBriens efforts to assist the poor, and the familys concern about maintaining their property. The pain of separation from one another figures prominently in many letters, especially when OBrien was serving in Parliament, and later, after his trial in 1848 for high treason, when he was serving time in VanDiemens Land and, finally when the family was living in exile on the continent. OBriens mother, Charlotte, comes through most clearly as the most interesting family member, writing powerfully and invoking Christian precepts in an unsuccessful attempt to deflect her sons drift toward radical politics.Lawrence W. McBride, Irish Literary Supplement: A Review of Irish Books, Vol. 18, No. 2, Fall 1999, p. 28.
