{"product_id":"bishop-in-the-dock-the-sedition-trial-of-james-liston","title":"BISHOP IN THE DOCK: The Sedition Trial of James Liston","description":"\u003cp\u003eBISHOP IN THE DOCK: The Sedition Trial of James Liston\u003cbr\u003e\nby Rory Sweetman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 1869401603\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small softcover\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Auckland University Press 1997\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 165 w x 230 h x 20 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 327\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2306\/U124\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images and cartoon drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nImmaculate with light handling wear on covers, pages otherwise as new.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450688160036,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/77454.jpg?v=1785206392","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/bishop-in-the-dock-the-sedition-trial-of-james-liston","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}