‘THESE WILD WOODS’—LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD’S GRAND TOUR OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FRONTIER, 1789–90

By Ruairí Nolan The first and still one of the most comprehensive of the biographies of Lord Edward Fitzgerald is that by Thomas Moore from 1831. It utilises a plethora of correspondence to fill in the contextual gaps of his narrative, giving us a great insight into the life of a man constantly at odds ... Read more

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