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  • Published: 4 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529920130
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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Broken Archangel

The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement




The extraordinary life of Sir Roger Casement: a human rights pioneer, Irish nationalist, and queer martyr - a remarkable man who led a life ahead of his time

Celebrated reformer and proud Irish nationalist, romantic radical and vilified traitor, Roger Casement was a man of many, often contradictory, parts.

It was a life caught between fault lines. Casement exposed the horrors of the Belgian Congo on behalf of the British establishment, championing the colonially oppressed and pioneering modern human rights. He fought passionately for Irish independence, even as each step led towards martyrdom. And, desperate for love but forced to hide his sexuality, his deepest relationship became treacherously entangled in espionage and sabotage, isolating him and carrying him to an unmarked prison grave.

Masterfully drawing on his letters, diaries and new archival material, Broken Archangel uncovers the extraordinary life and legacy of Roger Casement – one of the 20th century’s most complex and compelling individuals.

  • Published: 4 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529920130
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
Categories:

About the author

Roland Philipps

Roland Philipps went into publishing on graduating from Cambridge and until recently was Publisher of John Murray. He has edited some leading novelists, politicians, historians, travellers and biographers. A Spy Named Orphan, his first book, arises from lifelong connections to Donald Maclean and his story.

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