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The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Phoenix Park Murders that Stunned Victorian England
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Author:
Julie Kavanagh
Publisher:
Atlantic Monthly Press
Date:
August 3, 2021
A work of historical true crime charting a pivotal event in the 19th century, the Phoenix Park murders in Dublin, that gripped the world and forever altered the course of Irish history.
What The Reviewers Say
Kavanagh devotes special attention to Parnell, for good reason, because he is so important to this story and so beguiling. It’s refreshing to encounter an author willing to take the time to render political personalities in such fine detail.
The author Julie Kavanagh has stepped away from the more familiar ground in this skilful, multi-faceted historical narrative.
... tragic events are vividly recounted.
What Julie Kavanagh has done here is to bring this most extraordinary of assassinations to life.
