The Rebel in His Family
Subtitle: Selected Papers of William Smith O'Brien (Irish Narrative Series)
Contributors: Richard Davis (Editor); Marianne Davis (Editor); David Fitzpatrick (Series Editor)
Publisher: Cork University Press
Published: January 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781859181812
Subjects: Biography: general; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Other prose: 19th century; Rich & Famous; Historical - British; Biography/Autobiography; Tasmania; Australia; O'Brien, William Smith,; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Family relationships; Ireland; Correspondence; Europe - Ireland; Political; History / Ireland; O'Brien, William Smith; 1803-1864; Revolutionaries; Exiles
First sentence: When I urged you to chuse the Army in preference to the Navy, it was under the idea that bodily exertion was at least as necessary to you as mental; and that you were fixed on a profession which should ensure danger &amp; give a hope of glory.