Phoenix Park Murders: Murder, Betrayal and Retribution: Conspiracy, Betrayal & Retribution - Softcover

Senan Molony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185635511X ISBN 13: 9781856355117

Publisher: Mercier Press, 2002

Synopsis

The Phoenix Park Murders In May, 1882, the Number One administrator of the British government in Ireland and his Number Two are assassinated by men wielding deadly surgical knives. The British government must solve this crime. But there are no clues because the audacious crime has been carried out by an entirely new group, one styling itself the 'Irish Invincibles'. Full description

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Synopsis:

In May, 1882, the Number One administrator of the British government in Ireland and his Number Two are assassinated by men wielding deadly surgical knives, while the pair are walking in the Phoenix Park. The killings are witnessed from the Viceregal Lodge, now Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence of her majesty's representative in Ireland. One of the dead men is Lord Frederick Cavendish - who is married to the niece of the prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone. The other man is Thomas Henry Burke, the head of the Irish Civil Service, a man denounced by Nationalists as the leading 'Castle Rat' in the British 'occupation'. The British government must solve this crime. But there are no clues. The witness descriptions are inconclusive and the local police do not know where to begin. Forensic evidence is non-existent, and they must try to penetrate the Fenian underworld. But even here, no one knows anything because the audacious crime has been carried out by an entirely new group, one styling itself the 'Irish Invincibles'.

About the Author:

Senan Molony lives in Dublin and is a political correspondant with the Irish Independent. Born in Dublin in 1963, he is married with three children. He formerly worked with the Irish Press, Evening Herald, and Star newspapers and has contributed a host of articles to newspapers, magazines and websites in this country and abroad. He is the author of Lusitania, an Irish Tragedy and The Irish Aboard Titanic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 185635511X
• ISBN 13: 9781856355117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288