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Carson : the man who divided Ireland / / Geoffrey Lewis



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Autore: Lewis Geoffrey <1929-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Carson : the man who divided Ireland / / Geoffrey Lewis Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York, [New York] : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2005
©2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
Disciplina: 941.5082092
Soggetto topico: Politicians - Ireland
Lawyers - Ireland
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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
Titolo autorizzato: Carson  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-02480-9
9786612024801
0-8264-3232-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827852503321
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