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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561178239268 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1392 (16) |
| Category: |
Biographies Biographies: New Zealand |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
BISHOP IN THE DOCK: The Sedition Trial of James Liston
by Rory Sweetman
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 1869401603
Format: small softcover
Published: Auckland University Press 1997
Size (mm): 165 w x 230 h x 20 d
Pages: 327
SKU: A5/2306/U124
ABOUT
On St Patrick's Day, 1922, Bishop James Liston made a speech at the Auckland Town Hall. He intended to reassure his flock about recent events in Ireland, which appeared to threaten the Anglo-Irish peace established a few months earlier. Calls were made for the Bishop's immediate deportation, and he was soon charged with making a seditious utterance. Liston became the first Catholic Bishop in the British Empire to be tried for his political opinions, and faced a two-year jail term if found guilty.
This work presents a picture of the Catholic community wrestling with its troubled Irish heritage, and with issues of assimilation and identity in the hysterically pro-British atmosphere of 1920s New Zealand.
Includes monochrome images and cartoon drawings.
CONDITION
Immaculate with light handling wear on covers, pages otherwise as new.
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