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of Swindlers - John Sadleir M.P. 1813-1856 - James O' Shea PRICE: IRPŁ
25.00 PUBLISHER: Geography Publications
This is the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of John Sadleir.
Scion of leading Tipperary Catholic gentry families - the Sadleir's
and Scullys - educated by the Jesuits at Clongowes, solicitor,politician,newspaper
proprietor, defender of the Catholic faith but above all speculator
in votes, land, railways, banks he was it seemed a man of all talents.
Ambition outweighted ability, however, and Sadleir's disgrace as a politician
and failure as a speculator and swindler brought misery and shame in
equal installments. James O' Shea has assembled the complex details
of Sadleir's relatively short life from a rich range of sources. He
presents in a compelling narrative the commercial and political landscapes
of post - famine Ireland and England and the ultimately flawed that
Sadleir. played in the intrigues of the powerful and the wealthy. |
