LEADER 02567nam 2200565 450 001 9910782973603321 005 20230617040009.0 010 $a1-282-02480-9 010 $a9786612024801 010 $a0-8264-3232-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000725485 035 $a(EBL)436677 035 $a(OCoLC)319718473 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436677 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309473 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5309473 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11518444 035 $a(OCoLC)1027200914 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3002948 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3002948 035 $a(OCoLC)928191321 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000725485 100 $a20180315h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCarson $ethe man who divided Ireland /$fGeoffrey Lewis 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, [New York] :$cHambledon Continuum,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (308 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85285-570-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThe 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 defence 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 606 $aPoliticians$zIreland$vBiography 606 $aLawyers$zIreland$vBiography 615 0$aPoliticians 615 0$aLawyers 676 $a941.5082092 700 $aLewis$b Geoffrey$f1929-$01553359 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782973603321 996 $aCarson$93831830 997 $aUNINA