Jottings in Solitary

by Michael Davitt and Carla King

Michael Davitt's "Jottings in Solitary" consists of his drafts on many topics, written while a prisoner in solitary confinement in Portland Convict Prison, 1881-2. The "Jottings" (Davitt's title) have not been published before and contain a valuable autobiographical fragment and a frankly annotated list of Irish MPs of the time. Davitt gives his views on many other subjects, including an account of his arrest; his random thoughts on the Irish land...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900621916
• ISBN13: 9781900621915
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University College Dublin Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.8" x 7.2"