Paul Bew is Emeritus Professor of Irish Politics, Queens University Belfast, and a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. He is co-chair of the Speaker's Advisory Committee for Parliament's commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill's death. He is also the author of numerous books and articles on Irish political history, including Ireland: The Politics of Enmity, 1789-2006 (2007), also published by Oxford University Press.

An intricate account brings out the contrasts and commonalities in the lives of John Dillon and Charles Stewart Parnell.

• Foreword 1: Hereditary Patriotism 2: John Mitchel and his Legacy 3: The Revolution 4: Dillon versus Parnell 5: 'What does Mr Parnell say?' 6: The Ambiguities of the Liberal Alliance 7: Friendship or Hatred? 1887-1891: The Contradictions of John Dillon 8: Dillon's World 1891-1918: Banquo's Ghost Again Conclusion

Paul Bew is Emeritus Professor of Irish Politics, Queens University Belfast, and a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. He is co-chair of the Speaker's Advisory Committee for Parliament's commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill's death. He is also the author of numerous books and articles on Irish political history, including Ireland: The Politics of Enmity, 1789-2006 (2007), also published by Oxford University Press.

An intricate account brings out the contrasts and commonalities in the lives of John Dillon and Charles Stewart Parnell.

• Foreword 1: Hereditary Patriotism 2: John Mitchel and his Legacy 3: The Revolution 4: Dillon versus Parnell 5: 'What does Mr Parnell say?' 6: The Ambiguities of the Liberal Alliance 7: Friendship or Hatred? 1887-1891: The Contradictions of John Dillon 8: Dillon's World 1891-1918: Banquo's Ghost Again Conclusion

Paul Bew is Emeritus Professor of Irish Politics, Queens University Belfast, and a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. He is co-chair of the Speaker's Advisory Committee for Parliament's commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill's death. He is also the author of numerous books and articles on Irish political history, including Ireland: The Politics of Enmity, 1789-2006 (2007), also published by Oxford University Press.

An intricate account brings out the contrasts and commonalities in the lives of John Dillon and Charles Stewart Parnell.

• Foreword 1: Hereditary Patriotism 2: John Mitchel and his Legacy 3: The Revolution 4: Dillon versus Parnell 5: 'What does Mr Parnell say?' 6: The Ambiguities of the Liberal Alliance 7: Friendship or Hatred? 1887-1891: The Contradictions of John Dillon 8: Dillon's World 1891-1918: Banquo's Ghost Again Conclusion