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Edward Carson led the Ulster Unionist resistance to the third Home Rule Bill, and was a brilliantly successful barrister. Alvin Jackson's biography of Carson uses a range of new evidence to unravel the complexities and ambiguities of its subject.
Lawyer, statesman, creator of modern Nothern Ireland: Lewis sheds light on all aspects of Carson's controversial career.
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A CHRONOLOGY OF TWO LIVES -- INTRODUCTION: DUAL BIOGRAPHY -- 1. PRIVATE LIVES -- 2. LAND AND LAW (1879-1929) -- 3. UNITY AND MARGINALITY (1890-1910) -- 4. THE DIMENSIONS OF HOME RULE (1911-1925) -- 5. THE GREAT WAR (1914-18) -- 6. IMAGE, MEMORY AND COMMEMORATION -- ENDNOTES -- IMAGE CREDITS -- INDEX
"Cover illustration: Edward Carson in the House of Commons (Vanity Fair Lithography)."
The later part of Lord Carson's life, written by Ian Colvin, published in 1934 under the title of Carson, the statesman.