Roger Casement

by Brian Inglis

Book Overview

This masterly biography examines the fascinating and contradictory career of Roger Casement, one of the most controversial figures of the last century. Roger Casement was brought up as a Protestant in Dublin and began his extraordinary career as one of Stanley's volunteers in the Congo Free State. During his time in Africa, he exposed King Leopold II's exploitation of the natives and went on to reveal the ruthlessness of the British in South America,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151783276
• ISBN13: 9780151783274
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Harcourt Jovanovich
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.