The Black Diaries by Roger Casement

A secondhand book, in good condition in its unclipped dust jacket. Blank Free end paper torn out with no loss of text, library withdrawal stamp on title page. FEdited by Jeffrey Dudgeon. From the inside cover: "For the first time, all Roger Casement's Black Diaries are here published together, including the erotically-charged 1911 Diary over which London threatened an obscenity prosecution, thus preventing earlier publication. This volume provides both a comprehensive view of the texts, with explanations for many of the cast of characters, famous, infamous, and fleeting, and a context for the author whose significance and seminal role in the political development of independent Ireland has been maksed by the debates over the Black Diaries' authenticity. It is a uniquely fresh and original look at the Irish patriot and humanitarian, hanged in 1916..."