The Londonderrys, a Family Portrait

The Londonderrys, a Family Portrait
Author: Harford Montgomery Hyde
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1979
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The Londonderry family was "... part Irish and part English, originally Scottish, holding titles in both the Irish and United Kingdom peer- ages, ... [and] made substantial contributions to the national life in the fields of politics, diplomacy, the army, travel, society and sport, besides being land and coal owners on a considerable scale.".

The Marquess of Londonderry

The Marquess of Londonderry
Author: N.C. Fleming
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2005-05-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857714619

Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the seventh Marquess of Londonderry has long been a divisive figure in British aristocratic history. Was he an anti-Semitic Nazi sympathizer, as some have argued, or a visionary who should be remembered in glory for his role in the creation of RAF Spitfires and Hurricanes during World War II? In the paperback edition of Lord Londonderry, N.C Fleming answers this question and more. This updated edition draws extensively from private Londonderry family papers and state papers, as well as existing secondary literature, to provide an illuminating biography of Londonderry. This book has been updated with additional primary source research to reveal details about Londonderry House, Londonderry's travels and his radical right-wing beliefs as well as his infamous anti-Semitism. Lord Londonderry examines his disastrous diplomatic visits during the war, which seriously damaged his credibility at home, alongside his achievements in the Royal Air force to provide a comprehensive biography of the Marquess. Fleming also studies the tumultuous period of aristocratic decline set against a backdrop of growing calls for social equality, to show how this Conservative MP held onto his power in the changing social climate of post-war Britain. Here, Fleming has revised and updated his biography of Lord Londonderry to remove the shadow that Londonderry's association with Nazi Germany has cast over his career. In doing so, he provides an analysis of private family papers while also providing an extensive case study into the historiography of aristocracy.

Sean O'Casey

Sean O'Casey
Author: Christopher Murray
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 639
Release: 2004-11-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0773586156

Se?O'Casey was the quintessential Dublin playwright. In critical works that include his Dublin Trilogy - The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, and The Plough and the Stars - he portrayed the traumatic birth of a nation and delved into the Irish national character. Christopher Murray's Se?O'Casey: Writer at Work takes a fresh look at the last of the great writers of the Irish literary revival.

Carson

Carson
Author: Geoffrey Lewis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2006-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0826432328

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, 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.

Ramsay Macdonald

Ramsay Macdonald
Author: Kevin Morgan
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2006-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781904950615

In 1929 Labour was for the first time the largest party, but his new government had to grapple with the problems of the Great Depression.

Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1848-1851

Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1848-1851
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 672
Release: 1982-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780802029270

Part of the critically acclaimed Letters of Benjamin Disraeli series. This volume contains or describes letters written by Disraeli between 1848 and 1851.

Narratives of Injury

Narratives of Injury
Author: Rosalyn Buckland
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2024-11-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040157599

Narratives of Injury redescribes the history of injury from the perspective of those most at risk, rather than medical professionals and other outsiders. Refocusing on the first-hand perspectives found in literary texts and journalistic accounts, it uncovers a self-conscious tradition of mining stories running through nineteenth-century writing. The book examines both non-canonical authors and famous novelists, including Charles Dickens, Joseph Skipsey, G. A Henty, E. H. Burnett, George Eliot, Edward Tirebuck, H.G. Wells and D. H. Lawrence. Their narratives revise our understanding both of injury and of the radical potential of fiction. Sudden physical injuries have often been configured as fundamentally unknowable by the victims themselves, particularly in studies of nineteenth-century literature and culture. Likewise, narratives of psychological trauma have been largely understood, in Cathy Caruth's words, as the 'attempt to master what was never fully grasped in the first place.' Such readings privilege the reader as a necessary interpreter of physical or psychological injury. By contrast, Narratives of Injury reasserts the significance of patients' own experiences, choices and actions.

Ireland 1798-1998

Ireland 1798-1998
Author: Alvin Jackson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2010-03-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781444324150

Receiving widespread critical acclaim when first published,Ireland 1798-1998 has been revised to include coverage ofthe most recent developments. Jackson’s stylish and impartialinterpretation continues to provide the most up-to-date andimportant survey of 200 years of Irish history. A new edition of this highly acclaimed history of Ireland,reflecting both the very latest political developments and growthof scholarship Jackson provides a balanced and authoritative account of thecomplex political history of modern Ireland Draws on original research and extensive reading of the latestsecondary literature Jackson provides an impressive treatment of events coupled withflowing narrative, delivered analytically and elegantly

Women, marriage and property in wealthy landed families in Ireland, 1750–1850

Women, marriage and property in wealthy landed families in Ireland, 1750–1850
Author: Deborah Wilson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2013-07-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1847797210

Until recently, women featured in the historiography of the landed class in Ireland either as bearers of assets to advantageous matches or as potential drains on family estates. Drawing on a range of sources from the papers of landed families, this book provides fresh insights into the place of these women. Looking at women’s experiences of property and power in twenty landed families between 1750 and 1850, and outlining the statutory developments that impacted upon the distribution of family property in Ireland, Wilson considers how women were provided for and examines the legal, social and familial factors that influenced the experience elite women had of property. Individual examples demonstrate the similarities and differences between women in this class, and illustrate how the experience women had of property in this period was more complex than their legal and social status might suggest. This book will appeal to scholars in the fields of Irish history, gender and women’s studies.