Shane Leslie: Sublime Failure

As an Irish patriot with allegiances to the Crown, Leslie struggled throughout his life to reconcile his various national and cultural identities. His abortive political career deserves renewed attention.

About the author

OTTO RAUCHBAUER was a member of the English Department of the University of Vienna from 1965 to 2003. In 1993 he set up an archive in Drishane, Castletownshend, Co. Cork, the former house of Edith Somerville. A catalogue of the archive and a biographical sketch were subsequently published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission. He is author of Ancestral Voices and Diskurse und Bilder zum anglo-irischen Landssitz im 20 Jahrhundert.

Product details

• Authors: Otto Rauchbauer
• Publisher: Lilliput Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2009
• EAN: 9781843511564
• ISBN: 978-1-84351-156-4
• No. of pages: 375
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 34 mm x 244 mm
• Weight: 811 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History