Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part II, Volume 3

Looks at the lives and politics of four of the key players in the independence and labour movements of the 19th century: Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847); Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91); Michael Davitt (1846-1906); and James Bronterre O'Brien (1805-64). Volume 3 looks at the life of Michael Davitt.

Nancy LoPatin-Lummis (Author) , Michael Partridge (Author)

I. Background and Early Years (1846-69) II. Trial and Imprisonment (1870-7) III. Th e New Departure and the Land League (1878-82) IV. Portland Prison and the Phoenix Park Murders (1881-2)V. Years in the Wilderness (1882-7) VI. Marriage to Mary Yore (1887) VII. Th e Plan of Campaign and the Special Commission on Parnellism and Crime (1886-9) VIII. Th e Labour Movement and Parliament IX. Th e Boer War and the Formation of the United Irish League (1899- 1900) X. Th e Final Years (1901-6) XI. Memories of Davitt XII. Poems, Ballads and a Drawing of Davitt