An important study of the dynamics behind Tone's ideal, which disentangles the roots of racialism and nationalism in Ireland, and questions the causes of division between North and South. Butler contends - with precision and passion - that the way forward lies through an understanding of the past and a return to the world of small-scale and personal dimensions.

As I shall embark in a business, within a few days, the event of which is uncertain, I take the opportunity of a vacant hour to throw on paper a few memorandums relative to myself and my family …' So begins Theobald Wolfe Tone's riveting autobiography, commenced in 1796 before he sailed with the French to Bantry Bay. Since its initial publication in 1826, the Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone, comprising the autobiography as well as a monumental collection of his journals, letters and political ...

As I shall embark in a business, within a few days, the event of which is uncertain, I take the opportunity of a vacant hour to throw on paper a few memorandums relative to myself and my family …' So begins Theobald Wolfe Tone's riveting autobiography, commenced in 1796 before he sailed with the French to Bantry Bay. Since its initial publication in 1826, the Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone, comprising the autobiography as well as a monumental collection of his journals, letters and political ...

The definitive short biography of Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763–98), the founding father of Irish republicanism Originally published in 1981 as part of the groundbreaking Gill's Irish Lives series, Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763–98), A Life remains the most concise, accessible and authoritative introduction to one of Irish history's most seminal figures. Theobald Wolfe Tone, founder of the United Irishmen, revolutionary philosopher, nationalist martyr and, above all, legend of Irish history. For ge...

I'm Fionn Mac Cumhaill, I'm Michael Collins,I'm Theobald Wolfe Tone ... That's it! ...I'm Wolfe Tone!The Black Wolfe Tone.I'm the Black Wolfe Tone!The Black Wolfe Tone is a thrilling new play about identity, raging against the machine, and how young men deal or don't deal, with the darkness. A fast-paced journey that interrogates our culture of silence, the mind, and growing up mixed race in Ireland. At...

"Hello reader. Yes I'm staring at you and speaking. You find it odd that I broke from the fourth wall, or what I personally consider a fourth set of eyes. My name's Abraham, and I'm a historian of my family's history. Now I wonder what a historian is doing, introducing you to this rabbit hole you're about to enter. I can think of no better choice as I regale you with stories of family members from the ancient past to the present day. You have a front row seat as we take a glimpse of the va...

Among the possessions seized from Theobald Wolfe Tone upon his arrest in 1798 were two copies of Belmont Castle, the epistolary novel he wrote and published with his friends Richard Jebb and John Radcliffe in 1790. Much more than a mere youthful literary squib, Belmont Castle is an elaborate roman à clef, satirizing the lives of several prominent figures of the Anglo-Irish establishment and redressing a painful love affair from Tone's past. Written in a style that mocks the popular sentime...

Some melodies aren't meant to be played. They are meant to be endured.Elian Rood is a master luthier who has spent his life coaxing music from dead wood. Known for his ability to restore instruments others have deemed hopeless, he is summoned to the mist-shrouded town of Stillwater by the reclusive virtuoso Vanya Krov. His commission: to restore the Moroii Cello, a legendary instrument sealed in a lead-lined case since 1799.But Stillwater is a place of wrong notes....

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Some melodies aren't meant to be played. They are meant to be endured.Elian Rood is a master luthier who has spent his life coaxing music from dead wood. Known for his ability to restore instruments others have deemed hopeless, he is summoned to the mist-shrouded town of Stillwater by the reclusive virtuoso Vanya Krov. His commission: to restore the Moroii Cello, a legendary instrument sealed in a lead-lined case since ...

Fifteen years ago, Rolf was destined for the gutter.His luck has changed. Now a cellist with the Salzburg City Orchestra, he has his dream job and dizzying prospects.All because of her.Smart, sexy, well connected and crazy about him, Leonor is his fantasy woman. She made him and he'll never forget it.Neither will she.She chooses Rolf's diet, his friends, his decisions and career path. She knows best. When does a champion turn controller?While...

Weiß man, dass Stevenson bei den Samoanischen Eingeborenen als "Tusitala" (Geschichtenerzähler) geliebt und verehrt wurde und dass "Das Flaschenteufelchen" auf eine alte Anekdote zurückgeht, wird es nicht Wunder nehmen, dass in diesem Hörspiel kein neutraler Erzähler auftritt, sondern dass ein singender Maat, den wohl das Schicksal eine Zeit lang dort hat hängen lassen, und der Meister selbst an einem Treffpunkt der Samoaner am Strand ihnen diese Geschichte aus der Südsee erzählen ... Die ...

A third volume of essays – autobiographical, polemical, political, exploratory – by the most distinctive Irish writer of the age, in the highest tradition of Swift and Shaw. Hubert Butler's remarkable consistency of vision and clarity of mind make him unique among Irish essayists in reconciling diversity of content with unity of impression. The focus of his writing is local, its force and application universal. Like Chekhov, he is an abiding humanist whose work evinces an unsurpassed moral...