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Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-1798) was the founder of Irish Republican nationalism. As such his political ideas and the circumstances of his life and early death have become powerful political weapons in the hands of later nationalists. Today his name still arouses strong passions and he is hailed as the first prophet of an independent Ireland.
Published originally in 1989, Marianne Elliott's book was the first major biography of Tone, using a wealth of new material to examine his personal life and public actions. Tracing him from his upbringing as a member of the Protestant elite, through his involvement in Irish radical politics, his exile in America, his secret negotiations with the French and return to Ireland with a French invasion force, to his trial for treason and his suicide while awaiting execution, it was a monumental publication that won numerous awards and gained much praise.
This second edition brings this award-winning book up to date with new scholarship, new historical insights and fresh insights by Professor Marianne Elliott herself, making a crucial publication for all scholars and readers of Irish history.
Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgements
A Tribute to Kay Dickason
Introduction
Part I Early Life (1763-1790)
1. Family and Education
2. Sentimental Schooling
3. Middle Temple
4. Gentleman of the Law
Part II Politics (1790-1791)
5. Whig
6. Radical
Part III Across the Religious Divide (1791)
7. Anti-Popery and the Rise of Presbyterian Radicalism
8. Argument on Behalf of the Catholics
9. Belfast and the Society of United Irishmen
Part IV Agent to the Catholics (1792-1793)
10. Uniting the Sects
11. Catholic Agent
12. Mission to the North
13. Ascendancy on the Attack
14. Catholic Convention
15. Hopes Dashed
Part V War Crisis (1793)
16. Witch Hunt
17. The United Irish Society in Disarray
Part VI Revolutionary (1794-1795)
18. Treason
19. Emergence of a Revolutionary
20. Exile in America
Part VII Mission to France (1796-1797)
21. Republican 'Ambassador' in Paris
22. Irish Invasion Plans
23. Adjutant-General
24. Bantry Bay
25. Roving Mission in Northern Europe
26. Demise of Hoche
Part VIII Final Days (1797-1798)
27. Mission in Decline
28. Crisis
29. Trial and Death
30. Aftermath
Conclusion: The Cult of Tone
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
