Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Casement

Casement

Mitchell, Angus

Paperback

Series: Life & Times

Historical FiguresAfrican HistoryIrish History

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 1914979419
ISBN13: 9781914979415
Publisher: Haus Pub.
Published: Jun 16 2026
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.79
Height: 1.31 Width: 5.11 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
An illumination of the life of diplomat Roger Casement.

At the time of his execution for treason in 1916, few were aware who Roger Casement was or what he represented. Since then, he has been lauded for his investigations into Belgian brutality in the Congo Free State and human rights abuses in the Peruvian rubber industry, but much else about him has remained obscured behind speculation about his sexuality and secret Irish revolutionary activity while in service of the British Empire. As such, his place in history has been ill-defined and multifarious: his involvement in the waging of war followed by the delicate negotiation of peace; his republicanism perceived variously as an eccentric enthusiasm and as a threat to the British Empire; his contemporary legacy overshadowed by the Black Diaries of disputed legitimacy, detailing alleged liaisons with young men.

In Casement, Angus Mitchell illuminates a life shrouded in mystery, which operated in the conflicting spheres of British foreign diplomacy and Irish revolutionary activity. Considering Casement's rebellious nature, Mitchell asks if it was motivated as much by his incorrigible Irishness as by his exposure of the appalling crimes against humanity that he witnessed in Africa and South America. Most significantly, Casement demonstrates that his legacy cannot be ascribed to just one cause, whether as a critic of global colonialism or as a founding father of the modern Irish nation-state. Casement's true commitment was to a universal understanding based on humanity, tolerance, and justice.

Also from

Mitchell, Angus

View All

Also in

Historical Figures

View All