An account of murder, mutiny and mayhem : concerning the affairs of the blackest-hearted villains from Irish history
O'Shea, Joe2012
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This dramatic work explores the most obscure and unbelievable stories of the Irish who wreaked havoc from Rio de Janeiro to China - from slaves, mercenaries, drug lords and killers. CONTENTS -- James 'Sligo' Jameson: The Whiskey Cannibal and the Heart of Darkness. -- Antoine Walsh: The Irish Slavers of East Africa and the Caribbean -- Luke Ryan: Benjamin Franklin's Irish Pirate -- Colonel William Cotter: And The Munster Farmers Who Fought The Emperor Of Brazil -- Sir Hugh Gough: Limerick's Opium Warlord -- Alejandro 'Bloody' O'Reilly: Despot, Executioner, Meath Man -- Beauchamp Bagenal: The Gentlemanly Art of Legalised Murder -- O'Dwyer and Dyer: The Butchers of Amritsar -- Malachi Martin: Prison Warder and Godfather of the American Chain-Gang -- Burke and Hare: The Resurrection Men -- Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: Original Gaeilgeoir Gangster, Mob Hitman and Child-Killer -- Sources -- Plates --
Main title:
An account of murder, mutiny and mayhem : concerning the affairs of the blackest-hearted villains from Irish history / by the noted chronicler Joe O'Shea.
Author:
Imprint:
Dublin : O'Brien, 2012.
Collation:
256 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Bibliography p.221-224.
ISBN:
9781847172990 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.349162364.349
Language:
English
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BRN:
1371224