The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small

The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small
Author: Neil Jordan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2023-05-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1639364544

From Academy Award-winning film director Neil Jordan comes an artful reimagining of an extraordinary friendship spanning the revolutionary tumult of the eighteenth century. South Carolina, 1781: the American Revolution. An enslaved man escaping to his freedom saves the life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a British army officer and the younger son of one of Ireland's grandest families. The tale that unfolds is narrated by Tony Small, the formerly enslaved man who becomes Fitzgerald's companion—and best friend. While details of Lord Edward's life are well documented, little is known of Tony Small, who is at the heart of this moving novel. In this gripping narrative, his character considers the ironies of empire, captivity, and freedom, mapping Lord Edward's journey from being a loyal subject of the British Empire to becoming a leader of the disastrous Irish rebellion of 1798. This powerful new work of fiction brings Neil Jordan's inimitable storytelling ability to the revolutions that shaped the eighteenth century—in America, France, and, finally, in Ireland.

Words to Shape My Name

Words to Shape My Name
Author: Laura McKenna
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2021
Genre: Slaves
ISBN: 9781848407954

In 1857, Harriet Small is given her father's True Narrative of his life - his escape from slavery in America and his journey into the heart of revolutionary Ireland. The story of Tony Small and Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Words to Shape My Name is about hope, failure, resilience, and narrative - an adventure of great intelligence and awareness.

Astonish Me

Astonish Me
Author: Maggie Shipstead
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307962911

From the bestselling author of Great Circle—for years Joan has been trying to forget her past, to find peace and satisfaction in her role as wife and mother. Few in her drowsy California suburb know her thrilling history: as a young American ballerina in Paris, she fell into a doomed, passionate romance with Soviet dance superstar Arslan Rusakov. After playing a leading role in his celebrated defection, Joan bowed out of the spotlight for good, heartbroken by Arslan and humbled by her own modest career. But when her son turns out to be a ballet prodigy, Joan is pulled back into a world she thought she'd left behind—a world of dangerous secrets, of Arslan, and of longing for what will always be just out of reach. “The inner lives of [Shipstead’s] characters feel as real and immediate as the shifting settings they inhabit: still-gritty mid-1970s Manhattan, shabbily elegant Paris, the sunbaked suburban sprawl of Southern California.” —Entertainment Weekly

Edith

Edith
Author: Martina Devlin
Publisher: Lilliput Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2022-06-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781843518303

Edith by Martina Devlin, a new novel based on the life of Edith Somerville of 'Somerville and Ross' fame.

The Heart of England

The Heart of England
Author: Edward Thomas
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2019-12-09
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

The Heart of England is a collection of essays by Edward Thomas. An enthusiastic exploration of the English Countryside written partly in a colorful prose.

A Book of Golden Deeds

A Book of Golden Deeds
Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1927
Genre: Europe
ISBN:

The Book of the Courtier

The Book of the Courtier
Author: conte Baldassarre Castiglione
Publisher:
Total Pages: 526
Release: 1903
Genre: Courtesy
ISBN:

What So Proudly We Hailed

What So Proudly We Hailed
Author: Marc Leepson
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2014-06-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137464313

What So Proudly We Hailed is the first full-length biography of Francis Scott Key in more than 75 years. In this fascinating look at early America, historian Marc Leepson explores the life and legacy of Francis Scott Key. Standing alongside Betsy Ross, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, and John Hancock in history, Key made his mark as an American icon by one single and unforgettable act, writing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Among other things, Leepson reveals: • How the young Washington lawyer found himself in Baltimore Harbor on the night of September 13-14, 2014 • The mysterious circumstances surrounding how the poem he wrote, first titled "The Defense of Ft. M'Henry," morphed into the National Anthem • Key's role in forming the American Colonization Society, and his decades-long fervent support for that controversial endeavor that sent free blacks to Africa • His adamant opposition to slave trafficking and his willingness to represent slaves and freed men and women for free in Washington's courts • Key's role as a confidant of President Andrew Jackson and his work in Jackson's "kitchen cabinet" • Key's controversial actions as U.S. Attorney during the first race riot in Washington, D.C., in 1835. Publishing to coincide with the 200th anniversary of "The Star Spangled Banner" in 2014, What So Proudly We Hailed reveals unexplored details of the life of an American patriot whose legacy has been largely unknown until now.