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Issued as part of the true crime Famous Trials Series by Penguin UK , 1964, this is a detailed study of the trial and execution of Roger Casement for treason arising from the events of the 1916 Rising.
H Montgomery Hyde was a Northern Irish MP who wrote a number of history books on political figures, as well as being a prominent campaigner for the liberalisation of the laws on homosexuality and capital punishment.
This account ( here revised for the Penguin edition) includes much from the Casement Diaries, and much other legal material that was released in 1959 as the legal papers became accessible.
Also includes a wide array of supporting documents, as well as an array of legal documents, and a number of legal petitions to the Government during and after the trial, Parliamentary papers etc, and extracts from the so called Black Diaries.
Condition - dust darkening and fade to covers, previous owners name on front cover , foxing and age spotting. Binding tight, but upper edge of spine has nicks to top edges, bumps and rubbing to base of spine.
