Publisher's Synopsis
Charles Stewart Parnell's role in Irish nationalism and British politics was central, but elusive. There have been many biographies of the man, but none have investigated his varied and many-sided career, or his political ideas and style, in any depth. These essays range widely in pursuit of Parnell as nationalist leader and British political figure. They explain how he was presented to the public, and how he presented himself. They examine his political, constitutional and economic ideas, his attitude to parliamentary action, and to violence. They trace his relationship with the Roman Catholic Church, and assess both his past and current reputation in the light of the most recent research. The book explores aspects of Parnell's career which have previously been neglected, and assesses his achievements in the context of contemporary politics: as a political leader whose career reveals many of the ambiguities of British and Irish politics and Anglo-Irish relations, and whose combination of parliamentary, popular and personal qualities made him `The Uncrowned King of Ireland'.Boyce: "Nineteenth Century Ireland" , (Gill and Macmillan, 1990), "The Irish Question and British
