About this Event
Join us in welcoming Rory Carroll to Bow Street on the eve of his highly anticipated new book release. In A Rebel and a Traitor, Carroll combines historical rigour with narrative verve to tell the story of the hunt for Roger Casement, a British diplomat-turned Irish nationalist and fugitive who sought to forge a new nation in the middle of a war, and the mercurial spy chief who sought to destroy him by any means. After a relentless pursuit led by the British intelligence officer, Reginald ‘Blinker’ Hall, Casement was brought to Bow Street before his trial for high treason. Ticket holders can expect to get a flavour of this story of empire, patriotism and sexuality – and the danger of writing things down – in a building intimately connected with Carroll’s protagonist and the history of Anglo-Irish relations more broadly.
Rory Carroll has been a foreign correspondent for the Guardian for 20 years and is now based in his native Dublin as the paper’s Ireland correspondent. He is the author of Comandante: Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela, and Killing Thatcher: the IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown.
Booking essential as places are limited.
Timings: doors open at 12:45. The event begins at 13:00 and lasts approximately 75 minutes, including a Q&A with the author and book signing.
Conditions of entry: this event is recommended for anyone over the age of 16 years. Please note that this is a standing event and there will be no seated tickets available. Due to the nautre of this event, it is not possible to attend via Livestream.
Price to attend at the Museum: £7
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice, 28 Martlett Court, London, United Kingdom
GBP 7.00
