Overview

This book is a fast-paced tale of political intrigue and aristocratic vanity—a romp through 1793 Dublin as Ireland pitches towards the United Irishmen Uprising of 1798. The O’Briens’ original footnotes and authorial digressions detail the failure of colonial policy in Ireland, contributing to the novel’s long-standing reputation as a credible historical account of the turbulent 1790s.

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Author:   Sydney Owenson ,  Lady Morgan ,  Julia M. Wright
Publisher:   Broadview Press Ltd
Imprint:   Broadview Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.694kg
ISBN:  

9781554810321

ISBN 10:   1554810329
Pages:   575
Publication Date:   19 February 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan): A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text The O’Briens and the O’Flahertys: A National Tale Appendix A: Selected Historical People, Groups, and Events Appendix B: Nationalist Movements: From the Volunteers to the United Irishmen From Jonah Barrington, Historic Anecdotes and Secret Memoirs of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland (1809) “Original Declaration of the United Irishmen” (1791), Appendix I of Charles Hamilton Teeling’s Personal Narrative of the “Irish Rebellion” of 1798 From William Drennan, A Letter to his Excellency Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Lieutenant, &c. of Ireland (1795) From William Sampson, Memoirs of William Sampson (1807) From Charles Hamilton Teeling, Personal Narrative of the “Irish Rebellion” of 1798 (1828) From Thomas Moore, The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald (1831) From Jonah Barrington, Historic Anecdotes and Secret Memoirs of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland (1809) Appendix C: “The Cause of Reform”: From Grattan’s Parliament toCatholic Emancipation From Henry Grattan’s speech on “A Bill for the Relief of theRoman Catholics” (25 December 1781) From Henry Grattan, “Declaration of Right” (22 February1782) From William Drennan, Letter to the Right Honorable William Pitt (1799) From Denys Scully, A Statement of the Penal Laws (1812) From Robert Torrens, The Victim of Intolerance; Or, the Hermitof Killarney. A Catholic Tale (1814) From The Speech of Daniel O’Connell, Esq. at the CatholicAggregate Meeting, at the Freemasons’ Hall, on Feb. 26, 1825 From “Aristocracy,” in Lady Morgan’s Book of the Boudoir(1829) Appendix D: Contemporary Responses to The O’Briens and the O’Flahertys From the Morning Chronicle (22 November 1827) From the Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh) (7 January 1828) From R. Shelton Mackenzie’s “Editor’s Preface,” The O’Briens and the O’Flahertys (1856) Works Cited and Recommended Reading

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...You'll be treated to a remarkable panoramic scene of a military review in Phoenix Park, which brilliantly conveys the verbal and visual texture of late Georgian Dublin, and also introduces us to the firstof a number of forceful femmes d'un certain age, the manipulative and dashing Lady Knocklofty.... The conventional satisfaction of plot are out the window, yet somehow this farrago develops into something worthwhile, capped by an enjoyably perverse and knowing conclusion. -- E.J. Clery (Times Literary Supplement)

...You'll be treated to a remarkable panoramic scene of a military review in Phoenix Park, which brilliantly conveys the verbal and visual texture of late Georgian Dublin, and also introduces us to the firstof a number of forceful femmes d'un certain age , the manipulative and dashing Lady Knocklofty... The conventional satisfaction of plot are out the window, yet somehow this farrago develops into something worthwhile, capped by an enjoyably perverse and knowing conclusion. -- E.J. Clery (Times Literary Supplement)

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Julia M. Wright is Associate Professor of English at Dalhousie University. The editor of the Broadview Edition of Lady Morgan’s The Missionary, she has published widely on Irish and Romantic literatures.

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