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03865aam a2200505 i 4500 001 95E0FD06462211E9A3F20F6897128E48 003 SILO 005 20190314012734 008 180423t20192019cau 000 f eng c 010 $a 2018019776 020 $a 0520298888 020 $a 9780520298880 035 $a (OCoLC)1033557404 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YDX $d NYP $d OBE $d YUS $d IGA $d UCW $d WCM $d RIU $d PAU $d SRC $d UIU $d CTL $d BTS $d CLE $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d TOH $d TFW $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ie--- $a f-cg--- $a e-ie--- 050 00 $a PS3554.U25 $b L86 2019 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Duberman, Martin B., $e author. 245 10 $a Luminous traitor : $b the just and daring life of Roger Casement, a biographical novel / $c Martin Duberman. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2019] 300 $a 279 pages ; $c 24 cm 505 0 $a Part 1. The years of innocence -- Part 2. The Congo -- Part 3. The Putumayo -- Part 4. Ireland -- Part 5. The trial and its aftermath. 520 $a "Roger Casement was an internationally renowned figure at the beginning of the 20th century, famous for exposing the widespread atrocities against the indigenous people in King Leopold's Congo and his subsequent exposure--for which he was knighted in 1911--of the brutal conditions of enslaved labor in Peru. An Irish nationalist of profound conviction, he attempted, at the outbreak of World War I, to obtain German support and weapons for an armed rebellion against British rule. Apprehended and convicted of treason in a notorious trial that captured worldwide attention, Casement was sentenced to die on the gallows. A powerful petition drive for the commutation of his sentence was inaugurated by George Bernard Shaw and a host of other influential figures. A gay man, Casement kept detailed diaries of his sexual escapades, and the British government, upon discovering the diaries, circulated its pages to public figures, thereby crippling what had been a mounting petition for clemency. In 1916, he was hanged. In this gripping reimagining, acclaimed historian Martin Duberman paints a full portrait of the man for the first time. Tracing his evolution from servant of the empire to his work as a humanitarian activist and anti-imperialist, Duberman resurrects and recognizes all facets--from the professional to the personal--of the fantastic life of this pioneer for human rights"--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Casement, Roger, $d 1864-1916 $v Fiction. 600 17 $a Casement, Roger, $d 1864-1916. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01897741 650 0 $a Human rights workers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Indians of South America $z Amazon River Valley $x History $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Congo (Democratic Republic) $x History $y To 1908 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Ireland $x Autonomy and independence movements $x Autonomy and independence movements $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Autonomy and independence movements. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01736040 650 7 $a Human rights workers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00963353 650 7 $a Indians of South America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00969962 651 7 $a Amazon River Valley. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239765 651 7 $a Congo (Democratic Republic) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208723 651 7 $a Ireland. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205427 648 7 $a To 1908 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726537 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Duberman, Martin B. $t Luminous traitor. $d Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] $z 9780520970854 $w (DLC) 2018021091 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191122022756.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=95E0FD06462211E9A3F20F6897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search