Robert Emmet: The Making of a Legend

8vo. Pp. [vi], 280. Illustrated wraps. Notes, Bibliography, Index.

Published to coincide with the bicentenary of the 1803 Irish rebellion. Author examines the facts and the myth of the unlikely Irish nationalist hero who vowed his 'tomb remain uninscribed until my country takes her place among the nations of the earth'. "A brilliant masterclass in how history and legend might be interpreted." –Colm Toibin, Dublin Review