A Traitor's Kiss: The Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1751-1816
by Fintan O'Toole
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A biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the writer of The School for Scandal and The Rivals. The text argues that Sheridan's Irishness was a crucial factor in his drive for English literary and political success.Tags
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- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Frances Sheridan; Betsy Sheridan
- Important places
- Ireland
- Epigraph
- Once in a showery summer, sick of war,
I strode the roads that slanted to Kilmore
John Hewitt, Townland of Peace (1944) - Dedication
- For Clare Connell,
with love
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