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The Irish assassins : conspiracy, revenge, and the Phoenix Park murders that stunned Victorian England

text The Irish assassins : conspiracy, revenge, and the Phoenix Park murders that stunned Victorian England

Summary
"One sunlit evening, May 6, 1882, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, Chief Secretary and Undersecretary for Ireland, were ambushed and stabbed to death while strolling through Phoenix Park in Dublin. The murders were funded by American sup... Read more
Contents
The leader -- That half-mad firebrand -- The "Irish soup" thickens -- Fire beneath the ice -- Captain Moonlight -- The invincibles -- Coercion-in-cottonwool -- Mayday -- Falling soft -- Mallon's manhunt -- Concocting and "peaching" -- Who is numbe... Read more
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Description
xvii, 473 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press 2021

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 941.5 KAV in Adult Non-fiction Available

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