The knight of Gwynne, no. 05

In the middle of the 19th century, the rivalry between English and Irish nations was, with all its violence, by no means ungenerous. The political contest was bringing out the worst qualities out on the surface. In the era of the gross corruption where only a few resisted offers and temptations, giving Ireland the stain of a weaker country, lived Maurice Darcy, known far and wide as the Knight of Gwynne. Darcy was a cultivated gentleman with highlighted "Irishry" in his nature. He was a well-known leader of public opinion which made him valuable political ally. In the newest political turmoil, scared that Darcy might go with the opposition, three powerful men, forming the new Government in Dublin, decided to gain the support of the Knight of Gwynne no matter what it costs, unaware of the price of an honest man. -- Barnes and Noble description Illustrated by Charles Dicken's usual illustrator Hablot Knight Browne (also known as "Phiz").

In Collection:

• Victorian Serial Novels Collection

Creator

• Lever, Charles, 1806-1872

Contributor

• Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882

Subject

• Political corruption
• Corruption
• Irish
• Culture conflict--Political aspects
• Intergroup relations
• Politics and government

Publisher

• London : Chapman and Hall, 1847.

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Call Number: PR4884 K5 1847

Date created

• May 1847

Resource type

• Still Image
• Text

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 56 pages

Alternative title

• The knight of Gwynne : a tale of the time of the union / with illustrations by "Phiz".

Geographic coverage

• England
• Ireland

Coordinates

• 52.16045, -0.70312
• 53, -8

Additional physical characteristics

• First ed. in original pink printed wrappers. 20 parts in 19. Illustrations.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Victorian Serial Novels Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• books
• publications (documents)
• novels
• fiction (general genre)
• serials (publications)

Date digitized

• January 2022 to March 2022

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300, 600dpi. Cropped and size reduced for Vault using Photoshop. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/kd4d-sv69

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