03069cam a2200337 4500 761516350 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780802189707 0802189709 B01LYZYJ3G Amazon 6ecd3719-c252-4c9e-accb-2cbfdcba7a1a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2716969 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Murray, Sabina. Valiant Gentlemen [Libby] : A Novel. Grove Atlantic, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2996kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 2996kB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>A New York Times Notable Book from the PEN/Faulkner Award–winning author. "An imaginative exploration of the tragedy of lost friendship" (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>).</b><br /> <br /> In prose that is darkly humorous and alive with detail, <i>Valiant Gentlemen</i> reimagines the lives and intimate friendships of humanitarian and Irish patriot Roger Casement; his closest friend, Herbert Ward; and Ward's extraordinary wife, the Argentinian American heiress Sarita Sanford. <i>Valiant Gentlemen</i> takes the reader on an intimate journey, from Ward and Casement's misadventurous youth in the Congo—where, among other things, they bore witness to an Irish whiskey heir's taste for cannibalism—to Ward's marriage to Sarita and their flourishing family life in France, to Casement's covert homosexuality and enduring nomadic lifestyle floating between his work across the African continent and involvement in Irish politics.<br /> <br /> When World War I breaks out, Casement and Ward's longstanding political differences finally come to a head and when Ward and his teenage sons leave to fight on the frontlines for England, Casement begins to work alongside the Germans to help free Ireland from British rule. What results is tragic and riveting, as both men are forced to confront notions of love and betrayal in the face of the vastly different tracks their lives have taken.<br /> <br /> Reminiscent of the work of Peter Carey and Michael Ondaatje, <i>Valiant Gentlemen</i> is a uniquely human account of some of early twentieth century's larger historical figures from a "ravishing" (<i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i>) and "brilliant" voice in fiction today (<i>The Boston Globe</i>). Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6ecd3719-c252-4c9e-accb-2cbfdcba7a1a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6ecd3719-c252-4c9e-accb-2cbfdcba7a1a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6ecd3719-c252-4c9e-accb-2cbfdcba7a1a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8