Book #86167
Carson, The Advocate.
Marjoribanks, Edward, [1900-1932]. Carson, The Advocate. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932. First edition. viii, 455 pp. Frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped spine and front board. Deckle fore-edge. Moderate shelfwear. Internally clean. A very good copy. $25. * This book is a highly regarded biography of the Irish barrister and politician Sir Edward Carson, [1854-1935], written by the British author and MP Edward Marjoribanks. It focuses on Carson's early life and his meteoric rise as one of the most formidable legal minds of his era where he famously cross-examined Oscar Wilde at the sensational Oscar Wilde trial of 1895.
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