{"product_id":"kitty-oshea-jane-jordan","title":"Kitty O'Shea: An Irish Affair [Hardback, First Edition], Jane Jordan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKitty O'Shea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e (1846-1921) was at the centre of one of the most notorious scandals of the late Victorian Age - a scandal which brought the downfall of Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the movement for Home Rule for Ireland and crippling damage to the movement itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1889, Parnell was named co-respondent in a divorce suit brought by one of his own MPs, Captain Willie O'Shea. Alleged to have conducted an ten-year affair with Mrs Katherine O'Shea, Parnell was also revealed to be the father of the three youngest O'Shea children. The divorce and the details it exposed was a great public scandal in Victorian England and Catholic Ireland. Yet Parnell refused to resign from his leadership of the Home Rule movement, which resulted in the split of his party.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this compelling new biography, Jane Jordan explores the central, still unanswered questions:Why did Parnell risk the political future of Ireland (and his own) in conducting an affair with a married woman? And was O'Shea a duped husband, as he maintained, or did he connive with his wife's adultery in order to further his own political career?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sutton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61030514262350,"sku":"9780750933421","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0842\/6546\/8238\/files\/9780750933421.webp?v=1790860891","url":"https:\/\/littlelanebookshop.com\/products\/kitty-oshea-jane-jordan","provider":"Little Lane Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}