| The Killing of Major Denis Mahon: A Mystery of Old Ireland Contributor(s): Duffy, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 006084051X ISBN-13: 9780060840518 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2018 Annotation: The author of "The Bielski Brothers" offers this gripping true story of a controversial murder that casts new light on the Great Irish Famine, the greatest social disaster to strike 19th-century Europe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - True Crime | Murder - General - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 941.508 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 7.8" (0.65 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
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| Publisher Description: At the height of the Irish Famine, now considered the greatest social disaster to strike nineteenth-century Europe, Anglo-Irish landlord Major Denis Mahon was assassinated as he drove his carriage through his property in County Roscommon. Mahon had already removed 3,000 of his 12,000 starving tenants by offering some passage to America aboard disease-ridden coffin ships, giving others a pound or two to leave peaceably, and sending the sheriff to evict the rest. His murder sparked a sensation and drove many of the world's most powerful leaders, from the queen of England to the pope, to debate its meaning. Now, for the first time, award-winning journalist Peter Duffy tells the story of this assassination and its connection to the cataclysm that would forever change Ireland and America. |
Contributor Bio(s): Duffy, Peter: - Peter Duffy is the author of The Bielski Brothers. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. |