The Riddle Of Father Hackett. A Life In Ireland And Australia.

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: National Library Of Australia
Publisher Place: Canberra
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: Reprint

Description: 520 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In 1922, at the height of Irelands tragic civil war, Irish Jesuit William Hackett was transferred to Australia by his order. Assigned to a minor teaching post, this seemingly unremarkable newcomer caused no stir. Yet Father Hackett had been close to the centre of the provisional Irish Republics struggle for independence from Britain; part of the network of Irish nationalists who carried intelligence, ministered to republican troops, spoke on republicanplatforms, and helped to publicise British injustices and atrocities in Ireland. Now, he was effectively an exile. A major figure in the biography, Archbishop Daniel Mannix is seen for the first time in close-up, through Hacketts privileged insight into the private self of the famously aloof and powerful prelate.

ISBN: 9780642276858