Diary of the Parnell Commission. Rev. from "The Daily News

By John MacDonald

Book Overview

One courtroom. An empire on edge. Diary of the Parnell Commission draws you into the daily pressure of the parnell commission hearings, where reputations, newspapers, and the future of Irish politics collided. London listened. Ireland held its breath tight. Revised from The Daily News, John MacDonald's commission hearing diary reads as an investigative journalism chronicle: day-by-day notes on testimony, tactics, and turning points in the times forgery scandal that shook late Victorian London and echoed across 19th century Ireland. As a primary source collection, it captures the voices and arguments surrounding Charles Stewart Parnell and the Irish Parliamentary Party, and the wider Irish Home Rule debate that defined a generation. The result is both immediate and exacting: a narrative you can follow like a serial, and a legal history reference you can cite when you need the texture of proceedings, not just the headline verdict. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Its significance is plain: it shows how inquiry, press power, and constitutional change met in open court. A strong addition to any classics shelf, for browsing, study, and debate in equal measure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353705665
• ISBN13: 9789353705664
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"