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By Theobald Wolfe Tone,Thomas Bartlett

ISBN-10: 1296553620

ISBN-13: 9781296553623

ISBN-10: 1458926850

ISBN-13: 9781458926852

As I shall embark in a company, inside a number of days, the development of that is doubtful, I take the possibility of a vacant hour to throw on paper a couple of memorandums relative to myself and my family members ...' So starts Theobald Wolfe Tone's riveting autobiography, started in 1796 sooner than he sailed with the French to Bantry Bay. given that its preliminary booklet in 1826, the lifetime of Theobald Wolfe Tone, comprising the autobiography in addition to a enormous choice of his journals, letters and political writings, has been appeared by way of historians as an vital resource for the historical past of the 1790s, and for the lifetime of Tone himself. Its mixture of candid memoir, frank diary entries and political ardour has contributed to the mystique of this Protestant innovative and founder of Irish republicanism, who strove to advertise 'the universal identify of Irishman' in preference to the political and non secular limitations that had divided his nation. whereas there were a couple of abridged models of the 1826 lifestyles as compiled and edited by way of Tone's son William, this is often the 1st new unabridged variation of the paintings. utilizing Tone's unique manuscripts, editor Thomas Bartlett has restored passages suppressed - for purposes of primness and prudence - through the Tone relatives. Tone emerges in those pages as a guy of serious power, wit and dedication. the advance of his political rules, the intimate information of his danger-filled lifestyles, the facility of his prose - all are on demonstrate all through this awesome compendium. Tone's existence, documenting the drama of his short profession, varieties his so much enduring legacy.

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