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Valiant Gentlemen

Af: Sabina Murray Engelsk Paperback

Valiant Gentlemen

Af: Sabina Murray Engelsk Paperback
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In prose that is darkly humorous and alive with detail, Valiant Gentlemen reimagines the lives and intimate friendships of humanitarian and Irish patriot Roger Casement; his closest friend, Herbert Ward; and Ward''s extraordinary wife, the Argentinian-American heiress Sarita Sanford.

Valiant Gentlemen takes the reader on an intimate journey, from Ward and Casement''s misadventurous youth in the Congo - where, among other things, they bore witness to an Irish whiskey heir''s taste for cannibalism - to Ward''s marriage to Sarita and their flourishing family life in France, to Casement''s covert homosexuality and enduring nomadic lifestyle floating between his work across the African continent and involvement in Irish politics.

When World War I breaks out, Casement and Ward''s longstanding political differences finally come to a head and when Ward and his teenage sons leave to fight on the frontlines for England, Casement begins to work alongside the Germans to help free Ireland from British rule. What results is tragic and riveting, as both men are forced to confront notions of love and betrayal in the face of the vastly different tracks their lives have taken.

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In prose that is darkly humorous and alive with detail, Valiant Gentlemen reimagines the lives and intimate friendships of humanitarian and Irish patriot Roger Casement; his closest friend, Herbert Ward; and Ward''s extraordinary wife, the Argentinian-American heiress Sarita Sanford.

Valiant Gentlemen takes the reader on an intimate journey, from Ward and Casement''s misadventurous youth in the Congo - where, among other things, they bore witness to an Irish whiskey heir''s taste for cannibalism - to Ward''s marriage to Sarita and their flourishing family life in France, to Casement''s covert homosexuality and enduring nomadic lifestyle floating between his work across the African continent and involvement in Irish politics.

When World War I breaks out, Casement and Ward''s longstanding political differences finally come to a head and when Ward and his teenage sons leave to fight on the frontlines for England, Casement begins to work alongside the Germans to help free Ireland from British rule. What results is tragic and riveting, as both men are forced to confront notions of love and betrayal in the face of the vastly different tracks their lives have taken.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 496
ISBN-13: 9781611855203
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1611855209
Udg. Dato: 6 jul 2017
Længde: 37mm
Bredde: 233mm
Højde: 159mm
Forlag: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Oplagsdato: 6 jul 2017
Forfatter(e): Sabina Murray
Forfatter(e) Sabina Murray


Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur


ISBN-13 9781611855203


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 496


Udgave


Længde 37mm


Bredde 233mm


Højde 159mm


Udg. Dato 6 jul 2017


Oplagsdato 6 jul 2017


Forlag Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press