News of the sudden death a hundred years ago of the 45-year-old Irish nationalist politician Charles Stewart Parnell shocked and amazed the public in Europe and the United States. Today he is little more than a name, associated with a sexual scandal which has been used as material for films and plays but largely ignored for its true importance: that it altered the course of British and Irish history.

In ten years this half-American, half-Irish County Wicklow landlord with an English accent gave Irish nationalism its most effective political shape for centuries. In the 1880s his presence dominated British domestic politics. No prime minister could rule without taking into account how he might exercise his power next. Had he lived, the future of British-Irish relations could only have been different.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hamish Hamilton; First Edition (September 1, 1994)
Author : Robert Kee
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 659 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0241128587
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0241128589
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.63 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 2.5 x 9.5 inches