Robert Emmet by Patrick M Geoghegan
Romantic, impulsive and doomed, Robert Emmet is one of the great tragic heroes of Irish history. Robert Emmet (1778-1803) was one Ireland's most romantic revolutionaries. The youngest son of Ireland's state physician, he was educated privately at Trinity College Dublin and, like many young people, was caught up in the fervour of the French Revolution. Expelled from Trinity in 1798 after involvement in insurrections in Ireland, he left for the Continent, where he met both Napoleon and Talleyrand. On his return to Dublin he organised and led the doomed insurrection of May 1803. Undone by lack of foreign help and probable betrayal by spies, Emmet was tried and executed, but not before making a speech from the dock which has resonated through subsequent Irish history. 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.
'Geoghegan traces the details of his military preparations which involved much study, and then takes us through their rapid unravellingThe description of Emmet's jailing, trial and execution is consistently compelling. The speech, its various reported versions and its long posterity as an inspiring document are also clearly chronicled.' Books Ireland, February 2003
Dr Patrick Geoghegan is the author of The Irish Act of Union, and lectures in Trinity College, Dublin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780717136759 |
| ISBN 10 | 0717136752 |
| Title | Robert Emmet |
| Author | Patrick M Geoghegan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gill |
| Year published | 2004-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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