CasementThis is one title in a series of short, illustrated biographies. They tellhe stories of those who have shaped our present and our past, from Beethoveno Dietrich and from Einstein to Churchill.;Roger Casement (1864-1916) isemembered in England as a "traitor", but passionately revered in Ireland as founding father of the Irish state. By 1913, with an internationaleputation as a saviour of the oppressed in Africa and South America, Siroger Casement resigned from the Foreign Office and devoted himself openly tohe cause of Irish independence. He was a founder of the Irish Volunteers andoon after the outbreak of World War I travelled to Germany to seeknternational guarantees for Irish independence. Returning to Ireland in 1916,e was arrested on the eve of the Easter Rising, given a state trial inondon and executed for high treason. |
Contents
Early Life | 9 |
Africa | 17 |
Ireland | 38 |
Brazil | 49 |
Irish Volunteers | 72 |
America and Germany | 89 |
Easter Rising | 112 |
The Trial and Execution | 127 |
Map | 154 |
Notes | 156 |
Chronology | 166 |
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Acknowledgements | 177 |
Picture Sources | 178 |
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