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Roger Casement: Human Rights Hero (Heroes and Adventurers Book 4) (Ireland's Best Known Stories in a Nutshell) (In a Nutshell Heroes) - Softcover

Gaye Shortland

 
9781781998762: Roger Casement: Human Rights Hero (Heroes and Adventurers Book 4) (Ireland's Best Known Stories in a Nutshell) (In a Nutshell Heroes)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1781998760 ISBN 13: 9781781998762
Publisher: In A Nutshell, 2018

Synopsis

Roger Casement spent his life fighting for human rights. In Africa and South America he exposed the terrible things being done to the native people to force them to produce rubber for cruel and greedy companies.

For this work Roger was made a Knight of the British Empire. But his dearest wish was to free his own country, Ireland, from British rule.So, at Easter 1916 he arrived secretlyby submarine, in an attempt to land armsfor the Easter Rising.

But Roger was arrested and tried for treason . . .

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Publisher
In A Nutshell
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1781998760
ISBN 13 
9781781998762
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
48