Dublin Castle and the First Home Rule Crisis: Volume 33: The Political Journal of Sir George Fottrell, 1884–1887 (Camden Fifth Series, Series Number 30) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521519217 ISBN 13: 9780521519212

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This vivid record of the major crisis of late nineteenth-century British politics comes from the unique perspective of someone who was both a crown official and an active Irish nationalist. It provides an insider's first-hand account of British attempts to negotiate a satisfactory settlement of the Irish question, and is complemented by contemporary official papers and the private correspondence of leading politicians and senior officials in Dublin. These valuable sources illuminate a long neglected aspect of the British Government's response to Irish nationalism during 1884-1887, suggesting that Gladstone's adoption of home rule was more significantly influenced by warnings of incipient revolution in Ireland than has been previously thought.

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Book Description:

A first-hand account of British attempts to negotiate a settlement of the Irish question. These valuable sources reveal the British Government's response to Irish nationalism during 1884-1887, and suggest that Gladstone's adoption of home rule was more significantly influenced by warnings of revolution in Ireland than has been previously thought.

About the Author:

Stephen Ball holds history degrees from the Open University and Lancaster University and a PhD from Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he tutored in modern British history. He spent six years as an assistant keeper in the Manuscript Department of the National Library of Ireland and currently holds a research post at the University of the West of England in Bristol.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521519217
• ISBN 13: 9780521519212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 354
• Editor: Ball Stephen