Patrick Geoghegan re-examines the facts of Emmet's life and draws on new material from archives in Britain, France, the United States, and Ireland to show how Emmet's plans for rebellion, although undermined by internal disagreements, were much more ingenious than previously believed.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 941.5081/092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e-uk-ni
- ISBN
- 9780773525429 9780773571051
- LCCN
- DA948.6.E5
- LCCN Item number
- G45 2002eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvii, 348 p., [8] p. of plates)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00215141 (OCoLC)243613821 (CaOOCEL)420124
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- List of illustrations 8
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgments 16
- The Emmet legend 20
- Part I: Introduction 22
- 1. Sacrifice and catharsis: 19–20 September 1803 24
- 2. Romance revisited: the Sarah Curran story 44
- 3. Conspiracies and connections 59
- Part II: The life 70
- 4. 'An Irish Washington': the early life of Robert Emmet 72
- 5. Warfare and technology: the imagination of an insurrection 107
- 6. Return to Ireland 137
- 7. Coup d'état and bloody protest: 23 July 1803 175
- 8. The pursuit of Robert Emmet 212
- 9. Captivity and cross-examination 230
- 10. The trial of Robert Emmet 255
- 11. The appointed time: death and reinvention 284
- Appendix A: The Temple and Emmet genealogy 301
- Appendix B: The early poetry of Robert Emmet 305
- Appendix C: Manifesto of the provisional government 317
- Abbreviations 326
- References 327
- Bibliography 357
- Index 367
- A 367
- B 367
- C 368
- D 369
- E 369
- F 371
- G 371
- H 371
- I 372
- J 372
- K 372
- L 372
- M 373
- N 374
- O 374
- P 374
- Q 375
- R 375
- S 376
- T 376
- U 376
- V 377
- W 377
- Y 377
