Looks at the lives and politics of four of the key players in the independence and labour movements of the 19th century: Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847); Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91); Michael Davitt (1846-1906); and James Bronterre O'Brien (1805-64). Volume 4 looks at the life of James Bronterre O'Brien.

Nancy LoPatin-Lummis (Author) , Michael Partridge (Author)

I. Early reports II. Th e Radical Press III. Richard Carlile IV. Francis Place V. Th e Operative VI. Th e Northern Star (1) VII. Arrest and trial VIII. Prison IX. The Northern Star (2) X. Complete Suffrage XI. Feargus O'Connor XII. Th e National Reformer XIII. Rehabilitation XIV. Ernest Jones XV. Poet XVI. Th e Death of O'Brien XVII. O'Brien remembered