Product Description
Published by Mercier Press, 1991, this is a detailed account of the huge political scandal that convulsed the Irish Home Rule party after it's political leader, CS Parnell, began an open affair with the married Katharine O'Shea. Showing up a small-minded and hypocritical Ireland at it's best , the book makes excellent use of period newspaper reports in telling the fateful story of political downfall.
Light edgewear to the paperback covers.