{"product_id":"the-trial-of-roger-casement-by-fionnuala-doran-9781910593202","title":"The Trial of Roger Casement","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1911, Roger Casement was knighted by King George V for his humanitarian work. Five years later, he was hanged for treason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Trial of Roger Casement\u003c\/em\u003e traces the astonishing downfall of an Irishman once feted for his humanitarianism but later condemned both as a revolutionary and as a homosexual. Fionnuala Doran follows Casement's efforts to gain German support for an independent Ireland, his drive to recruit volunteers, and his subsequent arrest in County Kerry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis politically charged and enlightening graphic novel pictures Casement's three-day interrogation at Scotland Yard, his incarceration at the Tower of London, and his time in the dock at the Old Bailey. Hopes of a reprieve begin to vanish when his private diaries are seized and circulated by police, but Casement's defiance never wavers: there, in the courtroom, he delivers one of the greatest speeches of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428333863148,"sku":"9781910593202","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781910593202.jpg?v=1774477606","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-trial-of-roger-casement-by-fionnuala-doran-9781910593202","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}