Luminous traitor : the just and daring life of Roger Casement, a biographical novel / Martin Duberman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duberman, Martin B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Casement, Roger, 1864-1916--Fiction.

Casement, Roger.

Human rights workers--Fiction.

Human rights workers.

Indians of South America--Amazon River Valley--History--Fiction.

Indians of South America.

Democratic Republic of the Congo--History--To 1908--Fiction.

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ireland--History--Autonomy and independence movements--Fiction.

Ireland.

Casement, Roger, 1864-1916.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Amazon River Valley.

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Genre:

Biographical fiction.

Fiction.

History.

Physical Description:

279 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Roger Casement was an internationally renowned figure at the beginning of the 20th century, famous for exposing the widespread atrocities against the indigenous people in King Leopold's Congo and his subsequent exposure--for which he was knighted in 1911--of the brutal conditions of enslaved labor in Peru. An Irish nationalist of profound conviction, he attempted, at the outbreak of World War I, to obtain German support and weapons for an armed rebellion against British rule. Apprehended and convicted of treason in a notorious trial that captured worldwide attention, Casement was sentenced to die on the gallows. A powerful petition drive for the commutation of his sentence was inaugurated by George Bernard Shaw and a host of other influential figures. A gay man, Casement kept detailed diaries of his sexual escapades, and the British government, upon discovering the diaries, circulated its pages to public figures, thereby crippling what had been a mounting petition for clemency. In 1916, he was hanged. In this gripping reimagining, acclaimed historian Martin Duberman paints a full portrait of the man for the first time. Tracing his evolution from servant of the empire to his work as a humanitarian activist and anti-imperialist, Duberman resurrects and recognizes all facets--from the professional to the personal--of the fantastic life of this pioneer for human rights"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. The years of innocence

Part 2. The Congo

Part 3. The Putumayo

Part 4. Ireland

Part 5. The trial and its aftermath.

Other Format:

Online version: Duberman, Martin B. Luminous traitor.

ISBN:

9780520298880

0520298888

OCLC:

1033557404

Publisher Number:

40028606966

99978798997