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Citizen Lord: Edward Fitzgerald, 1763-1798

From personal letters and other sources, Stella Tillyard has re-created the life of a headstrong young aristocrat who died

a martyred rebel for the cause of Irish independence. Lord Edward Fitzgerald joined the British army as a teenager, but radical sentiments soon prevailed over loyalty to the Crown. In North America in 1787, he spent time with the Iroquois; back in Europe, he became a disciple of Thomas Paine and joined the Irish underground. Even his love life was political-from his tragic affair with the wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan to his marriage to the daughter of a French republican. Lord Edward was plotting for Ireland's independence when, as the bloody rebellion of 1798 raged around him, he was mortally wounded by British soldiers.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 368
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-09-973211-2
  • EAN
  • 9780099732112
  • Genres
  • history, biography, ireland
  • Release date
  • 1998