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The Writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone 1763-98
Volume I: Tone's Career in Ireland to June 1795
Edited by the late T. W. Moody, R. B. McDowell, and C. J. Woods
580 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-822383-2
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Hardback
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29 October 1998
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- First modern edition of the writings of this leading Irish revolutionary figure
- Comprehensive collection of documentary evidence from baptism to his suicide while awaiting execution
- Edited by leading historians of Ireland
This edition of the writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-98), barrister, United Irishman, agent of the Catholic Committee and later an officer in the French revolutionary army, is intended to comprehend all his writings and largely to supersede the two-volume Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone ... written by himself that was edited by his son, William, and published at Washington in 1826. It consists mainly of Tone's correspondence, diaries, autobiography, pamphlets, public addresses and miscellaneous memoranda (both personal and public); it is based on the original MSS if extant or on the most reliable printed sources. Tone's participation in Irish politics in the early 1790s and
his presence on the periphery of the ruling circle in revolutionary France from February 1796 to September 1798 would be sufficient to make his writings a major historical source. The literary quality of his letters, diaries and autobiography enhances their importance. The unique quality of Tone's writings is that they are the production of a gifted and convivial young Irishman who moved widely in intellectual and political circles.
This volume _ Tone's career in Ireland to June 1975 _ is the first of three. It is to be followed shortly by volumes II _ ('America, France and Bantry Bay, August 1795 to December 1796') and III ('France, the Rhine, Lough Swilly and death of Tone, January 1797 to November 1798'). A bibliography of Theobald Wolfe Tone and index to all
three volumes are to appear in volume III.Readership: Scholars and students of Irish and British history; historians of revolutions; Irish Studies specialists.
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Edited by the late T. W. Moody, R. B. McDowell, Emeritus Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin, and C. J. Woods, Research Editor, Dictionary of Irish Biography
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"Splendid new edition ... given the legendary attention to detail of C.J. Woods, and the quality of the footnotes, this edition is likely to be definitive ... On current form this long-awaited edition of Tone's writings is set fair to be one of the most important publishing ventures of recent decades." - Marianne Elliott, Times Literary Supplement (and English Historical Review) "This volume covers Tone's career in Ireland to June 1795. The centrepiece is formed by Tone's journals, written with fluency and sparkle, and a delight to read. The journals are also an invaluable historical source ... this edition stands as the definitive scholarly version ... first-class scholarship. This edition does full justice to Tone's writings
and provides an indispensable source for students of the 1790s. One hopes that the remaining two volumes will appear as soon as possible, and match the high standards set in this volume." - James Quinn, Eighteenth-Century Ireland
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Abbreviations; Note on Nicknames
General Introduction
Tone' s Career in Ireland to June 1795
The Documents
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